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Vin de France Clos Joliette (no reserve) 2010

  • Exotic fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Dessert White
  • 15.50% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Sweet

Produced in tiny quantities, this wine has a very appealing balance and a striking mineral quality. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 very slightly torn label, 1 wax capsule
  • Origin: Producer
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Remark: Lot donated by the domain. Charity auction to benefit french charity Vendanges solidaires. All proceeds (including buyer's commission) will be donated.
  • Country/Region: South West France
  • Appellation/Wine: Vin de France
  • Producer/Owner: Clos Joliette
  • More information....

Vin de France Clos Joliette serve at a temperature of 11°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Œufs cocotte au foie gras, Figues fraîches fourrées au foie gras, Melon à la feta.

Lot presentation
Vin de France Clos Joliette

The wine

Although it has been made as a dry wine, in some ways the Petit and Gros Manseng in this cuvée display the aromatic complexity of a sweet wine, with notes of sweet spice, candied fruits and honey, invigorating freshness, and aromatic persistence. The property cultivates its grapes organically and ferments them naturally in 400-litre barriques. The wine is then matured on its fine lees for nine months in barriques and three months in stainless steel. It has ageing potential of a good 15 years.

Information about domain Clos Joliette

Le Clos Joliette is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the village of Jurançon itself. The single parcel of 1.85 hectares was planted in 1929 on clay-limestone soil. Yields are astonishingly low, and therefore the production of 1500 bottles isn't commercialised. And yet – or perhaps precisely for this reason – its presence is immense. Unaffected by the passing of time or commercial logic, the owners have always wanted to hide behind this unique terroir. The vines of Petit Manseng were planted in 1929. The southeast- facing parcel is exposed to the sun with a soil of “Jurançon puddingstones”: stones on the ground which increase the temperature during the day and allow rain water to drain. This micro-climate yields overripe grapes, which are left to dry on the vines. The grapes are dried by both the sun and the wind, before being picked by hand between November and December with successive selections.

Detailed characteristics

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 very slightly torn label, 1 wax capsule
  • Remark: Lot donated by the domain. Charity auction to benefit french charity Vendanges solidaires. All proceeds (including buyer's commission) will be donated.
  • Origin: Producer
  • Type of cellar: Space in a wine storage facility
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
  • French customs seal: yes
  • Alcohol percentage: 15.50 %
  • Country/Region: South West France
  • Appellation/Wine: Vin de France
  • Producer/Owner: Clos Joliette
  • Vintage: 2010
  • Color: Dessert White
  • Service temperature: 11°
  • Viticulture: Environment friendly 
  • Size (in ha): 1
  • Volume: 2000
  • Intensity: Sweet
  • Dominant aroma: Exotic fruit
  • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
  • Grape variety: 100% petit manseng
Vin de France Clos Joliette
Vin de France Clos Joliette

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Vin de France Clos Joliette (no reserve) 2010

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format