Winery Overview
Fontanelles is produced by Foncalieu, a very large negotiant company that bottles both bulk wine and estate wines. Fontanelles had been an estate wine up until 2000 when production volume needed to be increased and therefore had an addition of some bulk wine (Domaine Fontanelles became Les Fontanelles)
The Foncalieu family is a big one, with over a thousand winegrowers spread across three of the South of France’s great wine regions : Languedoc-Roussillon, Gascony and the Rhône Valley. Over the past century we have forged a close bond with our land and its fruits. From the Corbières mountains to the Mediterranean shore, from hillsides caressed by the Mistral to plains bathed in sunshine, we’ve been producing wines here since our ancestors founded France’s first winegrowers’ union, on 23 December 1901.
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Vinification
Traditional vinification: At Harvest grapes are de-stemmed, cooled, skin contact and direct pressing in a pneumatic press. Low temperature fermentation.
Tasting Notes
Straw and gold in color, with an aromatic nose of toasted almond, honey and ripe pear . Generous on the palate, with toasted notes leading to a rich and long finish with coconut aromas. Ideal as an aperitif, with fish in white butter sauce or a pear tart.
