Domaine Boucabeille Les Orris Blanc 2016

The wines of the Boucabeille estate are produced mainly on the Forca real hill 15 km northwest of Perpignan. It promotes biodiversity around the vine by planting forest and scrubland but also creates ponds and places dozens of beehives. The Forca real hill is made up of slate schists that date back 450 million years.
The schist allows the vine to penetrate deep in order to find all the elements it needs (water and minerals). The altitude of the vines (505 meters) brings freshness. This terroir also brings roundness and length in the mouth, as well as a lot of finesse and complex aromas.

The vines are grown on schist soils and whole-bunch-pressed. Jean Boucabeille doesn’t plough, to avoid damaging the microbial life in the soil, and doesn’t use machinery in the vineyard, in order to avoid soil compaction. Winemaking is low intervention, with spontaneous fermentation.

Wines are made with direct press of whole clusters before fermentation.

Made from equal parts Roussanne and Grenache Blanc that spent a year in 50% new oak, it has gorgeous notes of dried pineapple, brioche, white flowers and some exotic herbs. These flow to a medium to full-bodied, ripe, texture and classy white that has nicely integrated oak, good acidity and a terrific finish.