Bastide du Claux Barraban Luberon Blanc

This cuvée is primarily a blend of Vermentino and Grenache Blanc, made from southwest-facing parcels on sandy soils.  It contains seven different white varietals (also: Clairette, Ugni Blanc, Rousanne, Marsanne, and Viognier), undergoes a natural fermentation, and is then aged on the fine lees in mostly concrete. A small portion is aged in older oak barrels for 9 months before being bottled. The Barraban, aptly demonstrating the balance of the Luberon, is strikingly mineral, with notes of white grapefruit, and dried thyme. This terroir, it is clear after this wine, gives whites with as much balance and depth as its reds.