Domaine des Bernardins
Like many of this region’s villages, Beaumes-de-Venise has been producing wine since the Roman times but is unique for the production of sweet fortified wine or ‘vin doux natu...
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise "Hommage"
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
95/100 Decanter World Wine Awards
Wine Enthusiast 92/100
92 points by Matt Wallsle Decanter 2019
Chilled as an aperitif, the Muscat is a versatile companion to many dishes. Most expressive with foie gras and roquefort cheese, it retains all its character served with a fruit salad or a dark chocolate cake.
After picking the muscat grapes by hand, the must is pressed straightaway to ferment the juice without skins. No yeasts are added to the alcoholic fermentation, and kept under temperature control. Sweet fortified Vin Doux Naturel winemaking involves stopping the fermentation to preserve the grapes’ natural sweetness.
During vinification, we watch the vats day and night and add the fortifying spirit just at the right moment. This cuvée is in Hommage to our great grand father Louis Castaud with traditional vinification and long aging as in the 1930's.
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Varietals |
White Muscat 75%, Black Muscat 25% |
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Soils |
Tender limestone and gritty zones of sandy mollasse. |
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Robe |
Golden hue with light orange reflections |
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Nose |
Endearing nose of grape, orange peel, and an accent of honey |
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Palate |
Mild at point of entry, splendid aromatic intensity, sultanas, candied orange, rose petal and refined spice. |
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Serve |
Chilled T°12°C |
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Potential aging |
Ready to drink immediately, it will also keep almost indefinitely!! |
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Yields |
30 hl/ha – 18 ha |
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Alcohol |
15° |
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