2016 Domaine Milan Le Grand Blanc
WINEMAKER: Henri & Théo Milan
REGION: Provence, FR
VARIETAL: Grenache Blanc, Rolle, Roussanne, Chardonnay, Muscat à Petit Grains
VITICULTURE: Organic
"Domaine Milan’s Le Grand Blanc is a staff favourite. It is an intense, elegant, refined, gorgeous white wine. This vintage sees Grenache Blanc, Rolle (the local name for Vermentino), Roussanne, Chardonnay and Muscat à Petit Grains used in the blend. All the varieties, from vines planted in the 1990s are direct pressed and fermented together in a large concrete tank. They are then aged, partly in foudre and partly barrel and, finally, more time in concrete tank. This is a beautiful wine that is fresh and lively now but will continue to change character and improve well into the future." - Living Wines
Domaine Milan is a producer of elegant organic wines from Provence and occupies prime real estate in the holiday town of St Remy de Provence. The immaculate vineyards are framed by both suburban estates and the famous nearby Chaîne des Alpilles mountains that provide climatic protection for the vineyards. Here, the gregarious Henri Milan along with his son Théo crafts elegant wines using no chemicals, no additives, no commercial yeasts and, in some cases, no added sulphur.