Domaine Belargus - Quarts de Chaumes Grand Cru "Roueres" sweet 2018

The Roueres presents an intensely aromatic bouquet of ripe, stewed and concentrated fruits intertwined with delicate schistous notes. 

"Les Rouères" is one of the three plots originally listed in the decree creating the Quarts-de-Chaume appellation. The Belargus plot covers nearly 3ha of the area, exposed on the South-Eastern slope of the rump of Quarts-de-Chaume. In exceptional vintages only, they perpetuate the tradition and produce a sweet wine from this single plot.

From a southeast-facing 2.96-hectare vineyard on sandstone puddings, "Les Rouères" is one of the three plots listed in the original decree creating the Quarts-de-Chaume appellation. The 2018 Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru Rouères displays an amber-apricot color and opens with a highly intense and concentrated yet refined, elegant and slightly flinty stone fruit (apricot) and stewed strawberry aroma on the nose. Sweet, round and intense on the palate, with fine acidity, delicate botrytis and wholemeal bread notes on the palate, this is a rich yet finessed and elegant QDC with fine bitters and tannins on the tight yet pleasant finish. 96 points - Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate.

Roueres is a sweet wine fermented and aged in oak barrels. The wine shows a complex structure, showing aromas of apricot, dried fig and hay. The sweet mouth has the roundness from the "pudding" sandstones and ends on a marked bitterness, typical of the soils of Chaume. 100% Chenin Blanc.