Babel 2021

Name: Babel 2021
Brand: L'étranger
SKU: letranger-babel-2021-11.5%-750ml
Price: 60.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

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Babel comes from Laura and Paulo's L'étranger, made off old Roussillon plots on limestone, marl and shale. Native yeasts, no fining, no filtration and almost no sulphur, which is how everything leaves this cellar. The Roussillon is capable of whites that turn broad and tiring, and this is not one of them. Citrus peel and white orchard fruit over a herbal, faintly saline base, with a texture that gives it grip without adding weight. With a year more in bottle than the current release, it has softened at the edges without losing the line. Serve it cold, but not so cold that the detail disappears.

Pairing Suggestions

A Roussillon white with a year more behind it, and better for the wait.
Its saline grip suits wok smoke: char kway teow, or salted egg squid.
Or grilled sardines with lemon and a great deal of parsley.

Technical Details

Region: Roussillon, France
Appellation: Vin de France
Grape: Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris
Terroir: Limestone, marl limestone and shale
Type: Dry White
Style: Medium bodied
Volume: 0.75L

About L'étranger

Paulo and Laura are a Brazilian couple who moved to Calce, Roussillon in France. After many years in strategic planning for large companies, they started their winemaking adventure in 2018 with 1.7 hectares of Muscat Petit Grain, Maccabeu, Grenaches Blanc and Gris vines.

Over the years they purchased additional plots of vines with Syrah and Grenache Noir, currently they cultivate over 5 hectares of vines.
With the use homemade treatments like macerations, infusions, whey and essential oils they treat the plants. Paulo and Laura are in a continuous search to reduce or even eliminate the use of copper and sulphur.

They work as much as possible with local suppliers who do not use ingredients that come from petroleum for the dry matter (bottles, labels, caps, boxes, capsules) and work with small companies directly, and even use green energy for the website to move towards this conscious autonomy.

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