Mas Jullien "Blanc de raisins blancs" white 2023 (3 bottles)

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Mas Jullien "Blanc de raisins blancs" white wine 2023:

Comment from Olivier Jullien: The whites surprise us more each year. Their uniqueness shines well beyond our borders. Blind tastings baffle all enthusiasts, the feedback is crazy, matching the surprise. While we await the official recognition of whites in the Terrasses du Larzac appellation, the style is asserting itself, the balances are tightening, and the freshness in youth rivals the complexity of evolution over time. A few new grape varieties...

La Revue du Vin de France (Feb 2026): 95/100. The Languedoc vineyard is now leaning towards fresher and more digestible wines, both white and red. We agree. It is impossible not to mention Olivier Jullien who tirelessly revisits his work, constantly searching for the best plots on the slopes. The renewal of Languedoc has emerged from this quest for the best terroirs for winemakers aware that the future lies not in the plains but at higher altitudes. His Terrasses-du-Larzac reds are peaks of the appellation, and his white signals the good choice of the plot, the intelligence of ripeness, and the finesse of extraction for a wine that has drawn all possible acidity from the heat of an extravagant vintage. See you in ten years.

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TERROIR: A multitude of plots on limestone gravel near the red wine terroirs (selection of areas with slightly higher percentages of clay and marl). There are white wine lands in Jonquières and a bit in Saint Privat!

METHOD OF CULTIVATION: Once again, it is observation, independence of mind, and a global vision that dominate our work. Organic farming AB, biodynamic practices, homemade compost, mineral treatments and plant maceration, plowing, cover cropping, short pruning, heart bud removal, thinning if necessary, manual harvesting, successive sorting. The vine must seek the rarest minerals and trace elements deep down, with other actions serving "just" to preserve the purity of the plant-mineral balance.

GRAPE VARIETIES: Old vines of white carignan (55%), chenin (30%), grenache blanc (10%), various grape varieties (5%).

VINIFICATION: Gentle and progressive pressing of whole or slightly crushed grapes, static cold settling with separate racking of each plot, fermentation in demi-muids with temperature control, stirring in relation to the balances of the vintage.

AGING: Generally on fermentation lees in demi-muids for a relative duration of one year. Then, bottling in early summer or during the second autumn after fining and filtration. The choice of demi-muids, origins, drying, manufacturing, and volumes receive particular attention.

TASTING: The whites surprise us more each year. Their uniqueness shines well beyond our borders. Blind tastings baffle all enthusiasts, the feedback is crazy, matching the surprise. While we await the official recognition of whites in the Terrasses du Larzac appellation, the style is asserting itself, the balances are tightening, and the freshness in youth rivals the complexity of evolution over time. A few new grape varieties…

SERVICE: Best enjoyed young if you appreciate the subtlety of a mineral water, wait a few years for floral and spicy flavors to develop. After about twelve years, the aromatic and taste expressions can be of great intensity and originality without reference. You can decant just before serving around 10/12°C or let the wine unfold over the minutes.

TO BE ENJOYED ALONE (a bit every day after work or while preparing dinner), sometimes a FRIEND drops by and stays for dinner.