Château Simone Blanc

Château Simone

Blanc 2020

Palette AOC

France - Provence

The terroir of the Palette appellation is located on the lake limestones of Langesse and Montaiguet. The Palette vineyard is found only on soils made uniform with limestone scree, that is to say on skeletal soils of little thickness and stony. It is protected from northerly winds by the Langesse and Grand Cabri hills, but by the Arc Valley it is subject to westerly / northwesterly winds. The exposure mainly to the north almost always requires late harvest.

Grape varieties:

80% clairette, 10% grenache blanc, 10%, 5% bourboulenc, 3% ugni blanc, 2% muscat blanc.
Vines over 50 years old (some plots are over a hundred years old).

Tasting Notes:

With its fabulous aromatic complexity, which is revealed in successive waves, this Palette is for us one of the greatest successes in the already long history of Château Simone!

The more you air it, the more talkative this Palette becomes: first the candied fruit, dates and dried figs, then the orange peel and kumquat. Then comes a maritime touch reminiscent of a fine sandy beach and starfish. The footprint of the soil is omnipresent, also giving the bouquet a ferruginous dimension. Gradually the bouquet releases sensual and terribly greedy notes of mirabelle plum, barley sugar, mountain honey, candied apricot and lemon, fresh wax, milk jam and Isigny caramel. The freshness is there, expressing itself on evocations of bergamot, rhubarb, broom and damp soil. It’s downright fascinating!
And what about the mouth: how to resist this suave and tender start, but always clear and formidably precise? No sleeve effect but a haute-couture aging which magnificently underlines the substance and the intense flavors of this formidable Château Simone, on evocations of apricot jam, marmalade, rhubarb and honey, completed with a touch of 'herbs (we think of tarragon).
The final, tasty, intense and tight, is wonderfully supported by a splendid energy.

Spectacular from start to finish, this Château Simone will shine at the table!

Wine style:

Dry and complex white wine.

Food and wine :

Risotto of porcini mushrooms with Burgundy truffles. Saint-Jacques just seized flambéed in Malt d'Islay.

Aging potential in your cellar:

20 years

Analytic :

75 cl - 14% volume

Contains sulfites

Alcohol abuse is dangerous for health. To consume with moderation.

"The consumption of alcoholic beverages during pregnancy, even in small quantities, can have serious consequences on the health of the child".