2022 LES BARDETS GAILLAC BLANC

TRY ME IF YOU LOVE: Pinot Gris

ABV: 12%

GRAPES: Mauzac, Loin de l'œil

TASTING NOTES: A lovely straw yellow colour. Citrus aromas with pronounced grapefruit peel. On the palate, the wine is well balanced, fresh and has plenty of energy with the grapefruit present again.

PAIRS WITH: Shellfish, chicken casserole and light vegetable dishes

SERVE ME: Cold, pop it in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Located in the heart of the Gaillac vineyards, the Cave de Labastide was founded in 1949. Today it is the oldest cellar of the Gaillac appellation. It is made up of about a hundred cooperative winegrowers with an area of around 1,000 hectares of vines.

Local natives like mauzac, the wonderfully named loin de l’oeil (‘far from the eye’, so named because of the distance of the bunch from the budding place), braucol (aka fer servadou) and duras alongside sauvignon blanc, gamay and syrah, are used to make a wide variety of styles.