Corbieres Blanc, Chateau La Bastide 2023 Region_Dorset Winemaker Mercedes Garcia Ruperez has

Winemaker Mercedes Garcia Ruperez has made huge improvements in both vineyard and cellar and these are now textbook examples of traditional style Rioja made with modern techniques

Grapes are hand-picked at night when it's coolest before being kept in stainless steel and bottled the following spring

are rich and expressive

being delicious when young although it will also develop well in bottle over 5-10 years

including this unusual limited edition release Pinot Meunier made from a selection from two Meunier parcels at their Lakestreet vineyard plus 5% Chardonnay

Corbieres Blanc, Chateau La Bastide 2023 Region_Dorset Winemaker Mercedes Garcia Ruperez hasCorbires is perhaps better known for its red wines but this is an excellent example of its whites, from an historic property in the far north of the region, just to the south of Minervois. A blend of typical south of France varieties are aged on their lees for six months, a portion fermented in new oak barrels to give extra richness and complexity, producing a rounded, medium bodied white, floral and aromatic with bright, ripe fruit and underlying