Mas Champart St Chinian Clos de la Simonette 2012
A rich and elegant wine with some great freshness.
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Languedoc |
| Appellation | St Chinian |
| Winery | Mas Champart |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Color | Red |
| Varietal(s) | Mourvèdre (65%), Grenache (20%), Carignan (15%) |
A rich and elegant wine with some great freshness.
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Languedoc |
| Appellation | St Chinian |
| Winery | Mas Champart |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Color | Red |
| Varietal(s) | Mourvèdre (65%), Grenache (20%), Carignan (15%) |
Tasting notes
Deep colour. Some attractive red fruits, ripe purple plum accented by bay leaf on the nose. Quite spicy. Good balance of youthful fruit and structured tannins. Quite elegant, tight knit and long, with ageing potential.
Pairing
Roasted chicken, red meat and games.
Terroir
Clay-limestone. Mourvedre is on steep terraced hillsides, Grenache is on very rocky plot.
Viticulture
Organic farming. Gobelet pruning. Hand harvest.
Vinification
Fully destemmed. Fermented 4 weeks and aged on lees for 12 months in new (a part of Mourvedre), one-to-four wine demi-muids and in vats (Carignan).
| Closure | Natural Cork |
|---|---|
| Volume | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 14,5% |
| Product Code | 12R022 |
| MLF | yes |
| Inventory | In Stock (44) |
Winery Description
Isabelle Champart and her husband Matthieu arrived in St. Chinian in 1976, from the north of France. Their estate began as a run-down house surrounded by 8 ha. They slowly developed their vineyards, and until 1988 they sent their grapes to the coop. Altogether they now have sixteen hectares. They bottle some of the most nuanced, pure, and delicious wines in the Languedoc. The Champarts’ often steep chalk-clay hillsides that favor Mourvedre and their nearly 300m-high rocky plateau with its walled-in Syrah and Carignan conduce to blends of unusually elegant interplay between fruit, animal, and mineral elements.
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