70% Mauzac, 30% Loin de L’œil

Gaillac, France

Founded in 1949, in the heart of the Occitanie region, Maison Labastide is the oldest wine co-operative in the Tarn. Over the years the company has emerged as a key player in its terroir: the Gaillac wine-growing area. Today the cellar is the only one in the region that produces wine from four terroirs: the Cordais Plateau, the hillsides on the Right Bank, the terraces on the Left Bank, and the Noyau de Cunac.

With a third of the wine given extended skin contact, this is somewhere between a white and an orange wine. A lovely straw yellow colour. Citrus aromas with pronounced grapefruit peel. On the palate, the wine is well balanced and fresh. This freshness, combined with the presence of acidity, energises the palate. The grapefruit flavours are also present on the palate.