Saint-Andre de Figuiere Confidentielle Blanc

In the glass

Aroma: white peach, honeysuckle, almond, Mediterranean herbs

Palate: lemon curd, dried apricot, fennel, saline minerality

Confidentielle is the estate's reserve white from old-vine Rolle and Semillon on schist soils in the La Londe sub-denomination. Honeyed-yet-mineral; lees-aged for textural weight.

What it pairs with

• Roast Bresse chicken with herbs
  Rich poultry and herb butter find the wine's almond weight and saline drive.
• Grilled lobster with garlic butter
  Sweet lobster meat picks up the wine's honey and almond palate.
• Aged Comte cheese
  Nutty alpine cheese sits with the wine's honey and dried-apricot register.

History

Confidentielle is the estate's reserve white, drawn from older Rolle and Semillon parcels on the schist soils of the La Londe sub-denomination. Burgundy expat Alain Combard bought Figuiere in 1992; the estate is now run by his children Delphine, Francois and Magali. Organic-certified since 1979.

1. 1979 — Estate begins organic agriculture (one of the earliest in Provence)
2. 1992 — Alain Combard acquires the property
3. 2000 — First release of Confidentielle as the estate's reserve white

Facts

Producer

Domaine Saint-Andre de Figuiere

Grapes

Rolle, Semillon

Classification

Cotes de Provence La Londe AOC

Oak

Fermented and aged in stainless steel and partial old oak barrels for 10 months on fine lees

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 24 to 38 at retail

Drinking window

2-10 from vintage

First vintage

2000

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

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