Tasting notes :
Colour : golden yellow.
Nose : elegant; initial notes of wood, oak, vanilla and dried fruit, followed by spicy and fruity notes, candied pear and white pepper.
Palate : great elegance, suppleness, balance and harmony, with notes of dried fruit and white-fleshed fruit, and a hint of oak.
Finish : notes of vanilla and stewed white fruit.
Grape variety : Ugni blanc.
Cru : Fins Bois, limestone terroir, the Maillard family single estate in Claix, Charente.
Harvest : 2006.
Distillation on lees.
Ageing : in new French Limousin oak casks for the first 6 months, then transferred to old casks.
Best enjoyed neat in a tulip glass, with foie gras or a Tarte Tatin.