first vine: wine imports + sales : Cave TerraVentoux La Cavée White

Cave TerraVentoux La Cavée White

Price: $19.00

description
TerraVentoux was created in 2003 from the merger of two village cooperative wineries in the Côtes du Ventoux: Les Roches Blanches in Mormoiron and La Montagne Rouge in Villes-sur Auzon. These wineries had sold good wines in bulk to other entities for redistribution, but without their own identities. TerraVentoux has taken advantage of the clean slate to launch a line of wines designed to appeal to various tastes based on the older wineries’ good practices. The results are encouraging, and First Vine is the first in the DC area carrying their wines. La Cavée White is a blend of 50% Grenache Blanc and 50% Clairette aged in oak. The name comes from the local Provençal dialect for digging, in the sense of looking for truffles – and of course, to create a wine cellar. It smells like exotic fruits and citrus with a bit of flowers and vanilla, with a little bit of spice at the finish. Perfect with white wine pairings, mild cheeses, and fruit desserts.

Alc. 13% by volume

producer / region: Cave TerraVentoux

type: Côtes du Ventoux White Wine

grapes:
50% Grenache Blanc, 50% Clairette

category:
whites with something extra

food pairing suggestions:
Poultry, seafood, cream-based dishes, goat cheese, fruit desserts

drink when? Now or hold up to 3 years