Le Soula, Blanc 2019, Cotes Catalanes

Le Soula, Blanc 2019, Cotes CatalanesLe Soula is located in the Fenouilledes, high up in the foothills of the Eastern Pyrenees. The top of the Agly Valley benefits from a cooler climate and can produce wines of real quality. They have the potential equal the very finest French wines. Today Le Soula is in the hands of Mark Walford and Wendy Wilson, with Wendy running the estate and winemaking. The vineyard has been organic since the outset in 2001, working biodynamically since 2008, with

in the mouth it has strength

and joined the ranks of the timeless classics

This Sherry is golden - darker than a normal fino as it has not been carbon-filtered

evident yet perfectly integrated oak and ripe fruit

Mauzac Blanc 10%

The winery is built over a Roman cistern and aqueduct and Roman artefacts and remains are to be found everywhere on the estate

A nose of broad blood orange

Monte Schiavo's Rosso Piceno is a Superiore DOC wine made from a blend of 50% Sangiovese and 50% Montepulciano grapes

Tiny quantities of this wine are made

The wine is fleshy

The grapes for False Bay Slow Chenin Blanc stem from old bush vines in The Swartland and Stellenbosch regions

just north of the Alsace