M. Chapoutier, Bila Haut Blanc 2021
Michel Chapoutier is one of the world’s leading experts on biodynamic viticulture, with everything he knows put into practice across Chapoutier’s world famous vineyards in the Rhône, Alsace and Roussillon. Bila Haut blanc is a triumph of white wine making and at £12 knocks spots off most comparably priced bottles.
The Roussillon area was made for Michel Chapoutier and it was in Latour de France that he set up Domaine de Bila-Haut, on a combination of soils, basked in the southern French sun and freshened up by the coastal ‘tramontane’ wind. Black and brown schist give the wine the sunny ripeness, gneiss minerality and freshness and limestone and chalk strength and balance.
I love just how many aromas and flavours are packed into this £12 bottle of French white wine, with crushed rock minerality on the nose, white peach, citrus fruit, grapefruit, and flecks of flinty smoke. The palate is unctuously ripe, with peach & apricot, citrus fruits and some spice too, making this perfect for food: I love it with spicier dishes, where the higher alcohol and spice level can stand up to spicier foods. This is a gorgeous white wine that is well worth a try.
Michel Chapoutier is one of the world’s leading experts on biodynamic viticulture, with everything he knows put into practice across Chapoutier’s world famous vineyards in the Rhône, Alsace and Roussillon. Bila Haut blanc is a triumph of white wine making and at £12 knocks spots off most comparably priced bottles.
The Roussillon area was made for Michel Chapoutier and it was in Latour de France that he set up Domaine de Bila-Haut, on a combination of soils, basked in the southern French sun and freshened up by the coastal ‘tramontane’ wind. Black and brown schist give the wine the sunny ripeness, gneiss minerality and freshness and limestone and chalk strength and balance.
I love just how many aromas and flavours are packed into this £12 bottle of French white wine, with crushed rock minerality on the nose, white peach, citrus fruit, grapefruit, and flecks of flinty smoke. The palate is unctuously ripe, with peach & apricot, citrus fruits and some spice too, making this perfect for food: I love it with spicier dishes, where the higher alcohol and spice level can stand up to spicier foods. This is a gorgeous white wine that is well worth a try.