copy of Sweet white wine Cuvée Maxime

Technical information

Grape varieties

70% Muscadelle - 30% Mauzac

Age of the vines

between 40 and 80 years

Yield

10 to 15 hl per hectare

Harvesting

Like a late harvest, its credo is noble rot, the famous fungus better known as Botrytis Cinéreas.
The grapes are picked by hand, in several successive sortings that extend the harvest until the end of November.

Vinification

This product is neither chaptalised nor yeasted (natural yeasts from the grapes). The grapes are slowly pressed into whole berries and fermented at low temperature. The wine then spends 4 to 5 months in new barrels. The final balance of this wine is 13% vol + 130 grams of residual sugar.

Tasting

Visual

Straw yellow colour. Clear, bright with lots of tears that appear very slowly.

Olfactory

Very rich and complex nose. We find aromas of dried apricots, sultanas as well as candied notes. A beautiful harmony with very powerful aromas.

Taste

Explosive opening, frank and pleasant. A lot of richness and fatness. A very fine, smooth wine with a very long finish.

Ageing

this wine has a great ageing potential (15 years and more). Time gives the sweets an old gold colour, more smoothness and fatness, while retaining a certain freshness.

Food and wine pairing

This sweet white wine is ideal as an aperitif. It can of course be served with foie gras.
Try it also on Roquefort cheese!