Fontavin Estate - muscat de beaumes

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Natural sweet wine

Muscat de Beaumes, natural sweet wine

Soil and Grape varieties

Vineyards made of limy sediments look to the south, mistral-sheltered, on Beaumes de Venise. You can find oyster and ammonite fossils.

- 100 % Small grapes Muscat blanc.

Cultivation method

Vine age : 10 years.
Vine training techniques : cordon training.
Vineyards conditions of the contract : soil maintenance.
Productivity : 22-30 hectolitres/hectare.

Elaboration

-	Manual vine crop and meticulous sorting : grapes must be at least 14.5°C.
-	Instant pressing of the grapes then debourbage and fermentation at low temperature (13-16°C).
-	During fermentation, there is an addition of 5 to 10% of neutral alcohol of vinic origin. It’s called “MUTAGE”. This process allows stopping fermentation and thus keeping a great deal of sugar (110 g/l).
-	Sterile filtration before bottling on next spring.

Tasting

Sweet and natural wine which must be drinking fresh (7-9°C); very complex fragrances of fruits and flowers; great elegance, well balanced.

To serve with :
- en apéritif, avec du melon, du foie gras.
- avec certains fromages forts type Roquefort, Picodon, Banon.
- sur les desserts : tartes mendiant, mousse aux abricots, desserts au chocolat (mocambo à la framboise).

This wine can be keeping several weeks on fridge once the bottle is opened.
Conservation : 10 years and more.

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FONTAVIN ESTATE

CHOUVET Hélène et Michel
1468 Route de la Plaine
84350 COURTHEZON

Tel.: +(33)4.90.70.72.14 - Fax : +(33)4.90.70.79.39
Mail : helene-chouvet@fontavin.com