{"id":2419,"date":"2011-03-14T23:39:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T23:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2011-03-14T23:39:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T23:39:21","slug":"le-soula-blanc-2007-a-remarkable-wine-from-the-roussillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wine-reviews\/le-soula-blanc-2007-a-remarkable-wine-from-the-roussillon","title":{"rendered":"Le Soula Blanc 2007 &#8211; a remarkable wine from the Roussillon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1050365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2424\" title=\"P1050365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1050365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1050365.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1050365-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1050365-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1050365-400x320.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really like this. It&#8217;s the latest release from Roussillon producer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.le-soula.com\" target=\"_blank\">Le Soula<\/a>, a partnership between UK wine merchant Richards Walford and celebrated winemaker Gerard Gauby, who discovered this wonderful spot in the Fenouilledes. It&#8217;s a blend of eclectic varieties &#8211; the vineyard composition of Le Soula reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Macabeu 4 ha (on average planted in 1980)<br \/>\nSauvignon 2,5 ha (1991)<br \/>\nMarsanne \/ Roussanne : 1 ha (2003)<br \/>\nVermentino (Rolle) : 1 ha (1994)<br \/>\nGrenache Blanc : 0,5 ha (1990)<br \/>\nGrenache Gris : 0,5 ha (1957)<br \/>\nMalvoisie du Roussillon (Tourbat) : 0,5 ha (1984)<\/p>\n<p>Like some other high end Roussillon whites (e.g. Matassa), there&#8217;s a bit of matchstick reduction here, which works as a complexing factor. This isn&#8217;t a cheap wine (I&#8217;ve seen the preceding vintage as high as \u00a327 at Averys; Berry Bros and Rudd are a few \u00a3 cheaper), but it&#8217;s serious stuff. UK agent is Richards Walford (unsurprisingly, given that they are partners in the venture).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaine Le Soula Blanc 2007 Vin de Pays des C\u00f4tes Catalanes, France<br \/>\n<\/strong> 14% alcohol. From vineyards high up in the Fenouill\u00e8des with decomposed granite soils. Very interesting, flinty, minerally, spicy, savoury nose with some bright citrus fruit. The palate is savoury and structured with fresh apple and citrus notes, as well as white peach and nice minerality. Complex and savoury with some nice matchstick reduction in the background. Quite profound. 92\/100<\/p>\n<p>Find this wine with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/index.lml?referring_site=WAN\" target=\"_blank\">wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really like this. It&#8217;s the latest release from Roussillon producer Le Soula, a partnership between UK wine merchant Richards Walford and celebrated winemaker Gerard Gauby, who discovered this wonderful&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,3],"tags":[376,56],"class_list":["post-2419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-wine-reviews","tag-france","tag-roussillon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}