{"product_id":"sarrat-de-goundy-les-marins-2024","title":"Sarrat de Goundy, Les Marins 2024","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGet to know: Sarrat de Goundy, Le Marin Blanc\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBourboulenc-led and named after the sea wind that salts the grapes - a white wine from AOC La Clape on the Languedoc coast.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTasting Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePear and something like sweet pastry on the nose, honeysuckle behind it, all of it fresher and louder than the price would lead you to expect. Bright golden yellow with a green cast. The attack is smooth and cool, then apricot in syrup and a twist of star anise fill out the middle, and the finish turns properly savoury - iodine, sea air, a salty citrus tang that hangs around. Four months on the fine lees gives it the texture. At this money you would expect solid; instead you get textured and layered. Superb value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop food pairings:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAubergine escalivada with coriander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCod brandade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHard sheep's cheese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eKate Says\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Le Marin is the wind. It's the warm, humid southerly that comes off the Gulf of Lion, sometimes at over 160km an hour, and it's the one that carries salt onto the grapes. So when you taste that salty tang on the finish and wonder where it came from - that's it. It's the wind, in the glass.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eProducer Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarrat de Goundy\u003c\/strong\u003e farm in AOC La Clape, on a limestone massif that was a genuine island until the Middle Ages - the Phoenicians called it Lykia, the Romans Insula Laci, and silt from the Aude eventually closed the channel. Some sources still described it as an island in 1688. Olivier Calix is the third generation there, working 3,000 hours of sunshine and under 600mm of rain a year, on rock so permeable it holds no surface water at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it's made:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional harvest at 30 hectolitres per hectare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFermented on the skins with indigenous yeast, under temperature control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour months ageing on the fine lees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo residual sugar\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 La Clape, Languedoc, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bourboulenc 50%, Grenache Blanc 25%, Viognier 10%, Macabeo 10%, Roussanne 5%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e White, still, medium-bodied\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 13.5%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we love it:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clearest value argument in the range. An AOC La Clape white wine, made with indigenous yeast and four months on lees, from an appellation of only 778 hectares.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarrat de Goundy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58090325541246,"sku":"SK-03143","price":15.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/5962\/files\/20_0ee5afec-f888-4d7c-ab6b-74d4bbc6cabc.jpg?v=1790264909","url":"https:\/\/www.reservewines.co.uk\/products\/sarrat-de-goundy-les-marins-2024","provider":"Reserve Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}