Calmel et Joseph
Limoux 2022 l'instant des Cimes
Calmel et Joseph
Limoux 2022 l'instant des Cimes
Reviews
Jancis Robinson 17/20
Full bottle 1,304 g. 100% Chardonnay grown on clay-limestone soils at 300 m asl. Hand-picked into small crates. Direct pressing with no destemming. The juices are then separated into different lots for racking directly into demi-muids where they undergo alcoholic fermentation. When this is complete the wines are racked, blended, and pass once again into demi-muids for malolactic fermentation. Aged in used (one- and two-year-old) demi-muids for 12 months. C&J have made a really classic Limoux in this young, but already finely integrated Chardonnay. The mandatory barrel vinification has been really well managed and the wine is a beautiful expression of Limoux Chardonnay – bright; golden fruit; yellow citrus; vivid, chalk-textured, sherbet-zinging acidity. The oak brings a lovely 'haze' to the brightness of the wine, a soft-whisper of spices framing the fruit. Textbook Limoux. GV (TC)
Reviews
James Suckling 91/100
Apples, flowers, lemons and dried herbs on the nose following through to a medium body with fresh acidity.
