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Villa Blanche Chardonnay

Villa Blanche Chardonnay

Regular price £14.00
Regular price Sale price £14.00
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Producer Calmel And Joseph Winery
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
ABV 13.50%

Tasting Notes

Peach, Pineapple, Vanilla and Toast

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More About Villa Blanche Chardonnay

Villa Blanche Chardonnay is a distinguished white wine from the Languedoc region in southern France, produced by the Calmel & Joseph winery. This wine is celebrated for its elegance and balance, offering a harmonious blend of fruitiness and subtle oak influence.

The 2022 vintage presents a luminous and generous profile, embodying the Mediterranean lifestyle with its love of good living. It features aromas of floral notes and apple, complemented by a creamy texture and flavors of peach and apricot. The wine is well-balanced, with a fresh finish and a distinctive saline note. 

Meet the Producer, Calmel And Joseph Winery

Calmel And Joseph Winery

Style: Winery

Calmel & Joseph are one of the wineries that helped drag Languedoc firmly out of its old “cheap holiday red” reputation and into the modern world of genuinely exciting French wine. Since the mid-1990s, the pair have built a reputation around showing just how much character, elegance and ridiculous value the south of France can offer when people actually take the vineyards seriously. Which thankfully they very much do.

Based in the heart of Languedoc-Roussillon, the winery works across a huge range of terroirs and grape varieties, which gives the wines an almost dangerous amount of variety. One minute you’re drinking crisp Mediterranean whites full of citrus and herbs, the next you’re knee-deep in rich Syrah blends smelling like wild thyme, black olives and sunshine hitting hot stones. It’s a region that can sometimes lean chaotic, but Calmel & Joseph somehow keep everything polished without sanding off the personality underneath.

Their philosophy leans heavily toward minimal intervention and preserving varietal character, although thankfully without becoming unbearably preachy about it. The wines feel expressive and modern but still unmistakably southern French. Plenty of ripe fruit, spice, garrigue herbs and warmth, but balanced with freshness and structure rather than just turning everything into a 15% alcohol fruit avalanche.

There’s also something very satisfying about how ambitious the project feels. Languedoc has endless potential but historically spent years being underestimated while Bordeaux collected all the attention and fancy dinner invitations. Producers like Calmel & Joseph have spent decades quietly proving the south can make wines every bit as serious, just with slightly better weather and fewer expensive suits involved.