2017 | Domaine de Baronarques | Blanc

The wine has a clear, glittering hue and a refined, elegant nose on pear, lychee and lime aromas, joined with airing by honey and aniseed notes.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Fermented and matured in one-third new French oak, the 2017 Limoux Chardonnay offers honeyed aromas of ripe pears, accented by hints of pencil shavings and citrus. It's medium to full-bodied, round and generous in the mouth but remains focused and crisp, finishing with ample freshness and lemony length. While easy-drinking and correct, this vintage (unlike the terrific 2016) won't make anyone forget Burgundy. It should drink well for another year or two.

• Falstaff: Was concentrated due to the loss of yield due to frost, the summer was then very warm. Some linden blossom, white peach, also a hint of ice candy, some wood, full-bodied, full-bodied, good acidity, mineral core, all with southern generosity, pointed, good concentration, juicy and firm, good length, very balanced. Still a bit astringent on the finish. good potential.

Producer Information

Domaine de Baronarques is a very old estate, dating back at least to the 17th Century, when it was called Domaine de Lambert. At the time, the estate belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Polycarpe, a village near Limoux in the Aude department of Southern France. After changing hands several times, the estate was sold to Michel Tisseyre in 1875. The Tisseyre family extended the vineyard – it covered 48 hectares (120 acres) in 1910 – and between 1890 and 1900 built themselves an attractive residence with a terrace and a garden. In 1998 Mr. Chéreau, a Marseilles lawyer and heir of the estate, sold it to Baroness Philippine de Rothschild and her two sons. The three entrusted the management of the Domaine to the family company, Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A. The estate was very run down, calling for extensive renovation of the vineyard and the winemaking facilities, a process that took five years. In 2003, Domaine de Baronarques benefited from a fortunate conjunction of circumstances: the wine proved to be of very high quality and the Domaine was awarded the AOC Limoux rouge appellation, newly created by the Institut National des Appellations d’Origine (INAO). Domaine de Baronarques could take its rightful place alongside the family’s other estates, including the illustrious Château Mouton Rothschild. Camille Sereys de Rothschild joined the original buyers, Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, her brothers, in 2014.

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