2018 Le Grand Blanc

We love Provencal whites. They’re dangerously overlooked. Grenache Blanc, Rolle (the local name for Vermentino), Roussanne, Chardonnay and Muscat à Petit Grains. Foudre, tank and small barrel raised, it’s lively in it’s citrus profile, leaning into white peach, green plum, honeysuckle and salt. Great wine for carbonara, or fish and chips. Domaine Milan is based in the hilly and windswept Provence, where Henri Milan and his son Théo and daughter Emmanuelle, all very charismatic and gracious, m...Read More...

We love Provencal whites. They’re dangerously overlooked. Grenache Blanc, Rolle (the local name for Vermentino), Roussanne, Chardonnay and Muscat à Petit Grains. Foudre, tank and small barrel raised, it’s lively in it’s citrus profile, leaning into white peach, green plum, honeysuckle and salt. Great wine for carbonara, or fish and chips. Domaine Milan is based in the hilly and windswept Provence, where Henri Milan and his son Théo and daughter Emmanuelle, all very charismatic and gracious, make excellent wine. The picturesque vineyards are nestled between the Chaîne des Alpilles mountains and other beautiful estates that once ensured a nourishing, stable vineyard environment. However, as the climate in Provence has proved more and more troublesome, they have gone on to acquire a 12 hectare plot of vines in Orgon, by the Les Alpilles mountains that will hopefully mean they can make more and more of these truly spellbinding wines. 

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