Château des Tourettes Vin de France Tinus Blanc Pure Nature 2022

Pure Nature is a blend of Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Chardonnay, all drawn from Jean-Marie Guffens’ Provençal estate. Here, Guffens works with a six-hour press, ensuring plenty of solids and enabling him to use minimal sulphur. The wine is fermented wild, aged in concrete and bottled without fining or filtration. It is wonderfully textured and aromatic in style, with all kinds of skinsy orange, apricot and peach fruit shot through with peel and blossom and a nice salty close derived from the vineyard’s rocky soils. It’s the kind of wine that comes alive at the table. Match with Alice Walter’s Chicken with Rosemary and Thyme, or something equally as delicious.