FRANCOIS CARILLON CAP AU SUD
Amazing Mediterranean climate Chardonnay
Languedoc, France
2021
13.5% ABV.
100% Chardonnay
75cl
£25.95
Price includes VAT
Tasting notes:
As the name suggests, Cap au Sud is a southern wine – with the perfume, richness and joyful stone-fruit that entails. Crucially, it has enjoyed the domaine’s classical élevage, back in Puligny-Montrachet. The use of oak has rounded out the palate, bringing substance and presence to this early-drinking charmer.
About the wine:
This exciting new addition comes from the limestone slopes of Montagnac, north of Nîmes, in the foothills of the Cévennes mountains. The climate here is Mediterranean – it’s a long way from Puligny! The vines, at 250 metres above sea level, were planted in 1990.
Aged for 11 months in 20% new oak.
About the producer:
Domaine François Carillon , although recently founded, can trace its ancestry back to the 16th Century, with François himself the sixteenth generation of farmers. The Domaine is borne of Domaine Louis Carillon , Louis being François’ father, now retired. François began working with his father and brother Jacques in 1988. Fascinated from the outset by the vines and their environment, the vineyard became François’ main focus and remains paramount today. François and his brother took over the family Domaine on their father’s retirement, in 2010 they elected amicably to split the estate holdings and thus Domaine François Carillon was established.
