Bila Haut 2024
Languedoc - Roussillon - Côtes-du-Roussillon
 
                            Tasting notes
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Appearance:
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        pale yellow colour with green tints.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Nose:
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        the wine exhibits citrus aromas (lemon, grapefruit) with smoky notes.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Palate:
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        fresh and very aromatic attack. The palate is round, with a great acidity (coming from the later ripening sites at higher altitude). A lot of freshness on the finish mixed with salty notes, which express the minerality of the wine.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                Sommelier's advice: Stuffed squids
                                            
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Grape variety/varieties:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Blend of Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris and Macabeu.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Harvest:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Grapes are hand-harvested.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Soil:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                A part of the grapes comes from limestone and clay soils in the Agly Valley; the other part from granite soils at higher altitude (500m, later ripening sites).
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Vinification:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                After pressing, the must is cold-settled. Vinification is performed in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Ageing:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Ageing lasts a few months in order to keep all the freshness and enhance the minerality.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Alcohol content:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                13
                                                            
                                                        
                                                     
                     
                     
                     
                 
                 
                 
                