Côtes du Rhône Blanc - Domaine de Logue Toque

Domaine de Longue Toque
Côtes du Rhône white Organic 2022

AOP Côtes du Rhône White

Tasting

Lightly golden straw yellow color. Complexity of aromas: ripe fruit, buttery and vanilla notes. The palate is round with notes of white-fleshed fruit, apricot and orange zest on the finish. We find this limestone minerality of the Gigondas terroir. It has the noble bitterness of a great southern wine.” Tasting March 2024.

Food & wine pairings

Enjoy this fine gastronomic white between 10-12°C with orange monkfish, guinea fowl supreme with morels.

Detailed information

Vintage

A 2022 vintage marked by a spring and a summer historically hot and dry. These phenomena led to a increasing precocity at each stage of development of the vine. However, flowering took place under ideal conditions. Rains in mid-August made it possible to reach the harvest more calmly, thus spreading out the mid-August harvest at the beginning of October. At the end of this vintage with a very atypical climate, the wines have beautiful structures and beautiful colours.

Grape varieties

45% Clairette, 34% Marsanne, 14% Roussanne,7% Grenache blanc

Terroir

The grapes come from 2 areas with different altitudes and exposures. The “Trois Yeux” parcelle is nestled in the heart of the Dentelles de Montmirail at an altitude of 450 meters. This terroir is particularly adapted to white grape varieties (Marsanne, Roussanne and Grenache blanc). The vines are planted on a soil composed of limestone scree over Cretaceous marls, providing finesse and minerality to the wine. Clairette grapes are planted on our parcel called “Teyssonnières” close to our cellar, on a mix of clay and sand soil. This typically southern grape variety brings freshness and complex aromas of white flowers.

Winemaking

Manual harvest on Sept.15th of the different grape varieties in the early hours of the day to preserve the freshness of the berries. Direct pressing of the whole harvest. Cold settling for 2 days, start of fermentation in stainless steel vats then passage under wood (demi-muids – 600 liters) for all the vat in the first third of fermentation. 20 days of fermentation with temperature control below 20°C. Aged for 6 months in demi-muids to enhance the potential of Clairette. Blending of grape varieties before bottling, May 23rd, 2023. 2,412 bottles produced. Vegan and organic wine.

Service

Enjoy fresh between 10° and 12°C.

Degree of alcohol

12,5% vol.

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Domaine de Longue Toque

Nestled in the foothills of the Dentelles de Montmirail since 1918, the Domaine de Longue Toque is one of the prestigious estates of Maison Gabriel Meffre since 1999. It takes its name from the long groves – ‘touque’ in Provençal – which delimited the parcelles by protecting them from the wind. The vineyards are located on a mosaic of terroirs that draw their original character from different geological layers, altitudes and exposures. The vineyard produces 5 appellations over 47 hectares: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu and Côtes du Rhône red and white. After 20 years in Terra Vitis (sustainable viticulture), 2020 marks the first year of certification for organic farming at the Domaine. A continuity in our desire to work the land and the wine with respect for nature and people. 2023 is to be the first harvest of the white Gigondas.