{"product_id":"domaine-monplezy-emocion-blanc-2023","title":"Domaine Monplezy, Emocion Blanc 2023","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGet to know: Domaine Monplézy, Emoción Blanc\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarsanne and Roussanne at 25 hectolitres a hectare, six months in new French oak - the top white wine of the Languedoc's Pézenas hills.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTasting Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis greets you with a beguiling aromas of cedar wood and cardamom first, and then peach and linden flower come up behind. Pale, with a golden colour that signals the oak ageing. The palate is rich and full and fresh at once, the sort of texture that coats your mouth and then cleans it, and the length is the thing people remark on - it goes on well after you have swallowed. Nutty, honeyed weight from the Marsanne, oily stone fruit from the Roussanne. Recommended if you like rich and elegant Chardonnays from Burgundy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop food pairings:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing oyster mushrooms roasted with thyme and garlic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurbot with brown butter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAged Comté\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eKate Says\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For me, this is what a top Languedoc white can do. Showing the nutty, honeyed minerality of Marsanne and the oily stone fruit character of Roussanne, aged 6 months in oak to bring it together. It’s rich, complex and rewarding. This wine can age for another 5 to 10 years easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five hectolitres a hectare is a tiny crop for a white - roughly half what a good Languedoc white usually carries - and the fruit comes in by hand at the end of August. That's the whole explanation for the weight in the glass. Put it in front of someone who only drinks white Burgundy and say nothing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eProducer Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDomaine Monplézy\u003c\/strong\u003e sits about 4km from Pézenas, garrigue on every side, with views to the Canigou, the Espinouse, the Caroux and the sea. Jean Sutra de Germa founded the estate in 1920 on a property dating to 1734; the Gil family arrived from Spain in the 1940s and the two families joined, which is where the double-barrelled name comes from. Organic since 2000. Being free of chemical pesticides for over two decades has brought the insects back, and the birds with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it's made:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-picked at the end of August, at 25 hectolitres per hectare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFermented with the lees broken up by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix months in new French oak barrels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiocene marl and stony gravel; organic, certified by ECOCERT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGood to know:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e AOC Languedoc, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marsanne, Roussanne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e White, still, full-bodied, oaked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVegan:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eABV:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14.5%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we love it:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProof of what the region can do at the top end. A rich, complex Languedoc white wine with the structure to age eight years, and the kind of length you normally pay a great deal more for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dom. Monplezy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58088928248190,"sku":"SK-03021","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/5962\/files\/36_69f46e9b-3321-4ab4-85ec-8462511db5d4.jpg?v=1790248670","url":"https:\/\/www.reservewines.co.uk\/products\/domaine-monplezy-emocion-blanc-2023","provider":"Reserve Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}