Château de L'Ou "Secret de Schistes" blanc 2019 - Côtes Catalanes (organic)

This cuvée is composed exclusively of Grenache Gris and is aged in new 300-liter barrels. The nose is characterized by a beautiful minerality and notes of roasted hazelnuts. The mouth is delicate, very long with notes of glazed chestnuts and cumin.

"L'Ou" in Catalan means "egg" in French: it is the name of the place where the property is located and where there was a resurgence of water in an ovoid shape. In 1998, Philippe Bourrier, agronomist, and his wife Séverine, oenologist, bought this 30-hectare estate, planted with 26 hectares of vines and 4 hectares of olive trees, in the commune of Montescot in the Pyrénées-Orientales, 10 km south of Perpignan. The entire property was immediately converted to organic farming.

In 2009, Séverine and Philippe decided to expand the terroirs of the estate with 8 hectares of vines in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and 7 hectares of vines in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, conducted in Organic Agriculture, in the Upper Valley of the Agly. In 2017, 7 hectares in Maury completed the set.