Chateau Saint Cyrgues Salamandre Orange

Chateau Saint Cyrgues Salamandre OrangeA captivating, skin contact orange wine with perfumed floral notes on the nose and flavours of peach and summer fruit. Made for pure, refreshing pleasure. Two thirds of the blend is whole bunch, crushed and fermented; the remaining third is de stemmed and macerated on skins for 10 days to add gentle colour, texture and lift. Fermented with native yeasts and matured in stainless steel for clarity, the components are blended before bottlingunfined and

Cuvee des Galets by Estezargues is a lovely little natural red from the southern Rhone

There is perfect balance of freshness and generosity

Maceration lasted 10 days

with varying amounts of ironstone pebbles

The priest’s statement had always stuck with Dermot though

driven by wine and the environment

The Ballands have been making wines in the Loire since 1650 and his father was instrumental in achieving recognition for the young AOC Coteaux du Giennois in the 1980s

2g/L of residual sugar to balance out the natural acidity

super natural

salads and fish dishes

where citrus meets minerality and a tightly coiled acid structure

The palate is lively with concentrated notes of pink grapefruit and brioche