Fleur d'Artagnan Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled sea bass, local goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Named in honor of the legendary Charles de Batz de Castelmore, famously known as the musketeer d'Artagnan who was born in Gascony, the Fleur d'Artagnan Blanc captures the spirited, vibrant essence of its historic homeland. Crafted by the Plaimont cooperative, this wine showcases the unique terroir of the Pyrenean foothills in South-West France, where maritime influences meet clay-limestone and sandy soils. The cool night harvests and protective winemaking techniques preserve the intense, zesty aromatics of the local grapes, resulting in a remarkably fresh, crisp white wine that embodies the joyful, epicurean lifestyle of Gascony.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1979 through the union of wine cooperatives in Plaisance, Aignan, and Saint-Mont spearheaded by André Dubosc, Plaimont is an undisputed viticultural vanguard in Gascony and the Pyrenean foothills. Spanning diverse terroirs across AOC Saint-Mont, Madiran, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, and Côtes de Gascogne, its vineyards are defined by variegated soils of tawny sands (sables fauves), limestone, and clay-rich molasse tempered by Atlantic and mountain currents. Renowned worldwide for its preservation of ampelographic heritage—exemplified by its private conservatory and historic ungrafted pre-phylloxera plots in Sarragachies—Plaimont has revived forgotten indigenous varieties such as Tardif, Arrufiac, and Manseng Noir. In white vinification, Plaimont champions crystalline freshness, precise reductive aromatic protection, and thoughtful lees contact, highlighting local Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, and Colombard. Landmark cuvées include Cirque Nord, Les Cépages Préservés, and Les Vignes Retrouvées, presenting tensile minerality, bright citrus, exotic orchard fruit, and textural salinity emblematic of southwest France.
🍇 Grapes
Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Gros Manseng
🍷 ABV
11.5-12%