2020 Mas des Dames 'Ami des Dames' Le Blanc

Region: Languedoc < FranceGrapes: Grenache BlancVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic/biodynamic farming (certified);iron-rich red clay soils; fermented and aged in stainless steel;bottled unfined, unfiltered, with minimal added SO2; 13.5% ABVWinemaker: Lidewej van WilgenThe south of France is heaven to food and wine lovers. Think of howmany writers, artists, cooks, and yes, winemakers have come toFrance’s Mediterranean Coast from somewhere else and never left:that’s what Lidewij Van Wilgen did, and the brilliant organic winesshe crafts at her Terre des Dames estate are the result.  An ad execin Amsterdam, she needed a change, so she and her husband (who bothenjoyed fine wine) set out to buy a hobby estate in France.  They hadheard talk of the Languedoc as the New World of wine in France, sovisited and loved what they saw.  They found an 18th century mas(farm) with 14 hectares of vines, surrounded by that bushy, fragrantMediterranean vegetation that they call 'garrigue' - think juniper,ros