La Noble
Vin de Pays d’Oc | France
La Noble is Hand Picked Selections’ brand of
French varietals. The first vintage was 1989, a Merlot Estate
Bottled at Domaine la Noble by Yves Delmas. Yves’ grapes still
figure in many La Noble bottlings. Far from being French nobility,
Yves is a farmer, deep country to the core, his vineyards and
fermentation tanks say it all. The vineyards resemble a manicured
garden. The fermentation tanks are fermentation tanks. In a region
as large as Languedoc, certain districts will excel with certain
varietals. HPS tends to buy the same varietals from the same
districts every year. Besides Yves’ own vineyard, Chardonnay comes
from the high cool vineyards around Limoux and north of Pic St Loup,
except in cold rainy years, when much of it can come from villages
in the usually hot districts adjoining the Mediterranean, notably
Florensac and Marseillette.
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