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<vins>
	<title>Domaine des Crès Ricards, Oenothera blanc 2006</title>
	<description>Oenothera blanc 2006 (Vin de Pays d'Oc), 100% Chardonnay varietal wine</description>
	<vin nom="Oenothera">
		<descriptif>
			<appellation>Vin de Pays d'Oc</appellation>
			<type>White Wine</type>
			<millesime>2006 vintage</millesime>
		</descriptif>
		<technique>
			<terroir>Limestone and clay alluvial deposits</terroir>
			<selection>From individual parcels</selection>
			<cepages>
				<cepage>
					<nom>Chardonnay</nom>
					<age>28 year-old vines producing 64 hl/ha</age>
					<pourcentage>100%</pourcentage>
				</cepage>
			</cepages>
			<vinifications>
				<vinification>Pre-fermentation maceration</vinification>
				<vinification>Alcoholic fermentation partly in vats (40%) and partly in new oak casks (60%)</vinification>
			</vinifications>
			<titre>13,5% vol.</titre>
			<elevage>Maturated for 8 months, partly in vats and partly in new oak casks</elevage>
		</technique>
		<degustations>
			<degustation>A brilliant white wine with hints of green.</degustation>
			<degustation>The nose is delicately toasted, followed by notes of fresh pear and lime-flower.</degustation>
			<degustation>It is rich on the palate, backed up by a cool menthol finish.</degustation>
		</degustations>
		<conseils>
			<conseil>Serve at 12°C. Complements seafood without overwhelming it: try it for example with a scallop and walnut pie or pan-fried foie gras or sea-bass with butter and lemon sauce. It will also perfectly complement skewered scallops in a saffron and cream sauce.</conseil>
		</conseils>
		<commercial>
			<mise>11th July 2007</mise>
			<quantite>2.958 bottles</quantite>
			<statut>Available</statut>
		</commercial>
		<divers>
			<historique>
				<annee>2004</annee>
				<source>oenb2004_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2005</annee>
				<source>oenb2005_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<historique>
				<annee>2007</annee>
				<source>oenb2007_en.xml</source>
			</historique>
			<ressource>
				<photo>cres_ricards_oenothera_blanc.jpg</photo>
				<traduction>oenb2006_fr.xml</traduction>
				<label_trad>Français</label_trad>
			</ressource>
			<buy>
				<ebay>To order this vintage in our eBay wine store!</ebay>
				<info>Want more information before ordering?</info>
				<export>If you live outside France, please contact us before bidding to discuss delivery charges and taxes</export>
			</buy>
		</divers>
	</vin>
</vins>
