Brotte Esprit Côtes du Rhône Blanc

• 87 points, James Suckling

Eyes: Bright golden with a few green tints
Nose: In youth, green apple and citrus. After aging, peach, candied lemon with a touch of honey, mango, and hint of acacia blossom
Mouth: When young, fresh, lemon, lychee, mango, complex with a good balance of roundness and acidity. After aging, rounder, more elegant with greater length and fat with exotic fruit, acacia honey, candied lemon

With this wine, Maison Brotte have put all their traditional savoir-faire into the crafting of a prestigious Côtes du Rhône. This is an elegant wine with a typically big character, which celebrates the traditional grape variety, the king of the Southern Rhône Valley: the Grenache.

In order for this variety to express its full potential, the soil is worked sustainably with a rigorous pruning of the vine in the winter and green harvesting and leaf thinning to reduce the yield. The grapes are harvested when they reach the right level of maturity.

Enjoy as an aperitif or pair with chicken with crayfish, sweetbread, candied fruit-based desserts, vanilla and apricot tarts