Molenberg - Collection Héritage

White wine

Molenberg, part of the Collection Héritage, is made from a selection of our best and oldest vines located on Molenberg, the old name for Vidaigneberg, a hill leaning against Black Mountain. The wine is aged for 10 months in a mix of new Belgian and used French oak barrels. This gives it a refined, gastronomic woody flavour. It can easily be left to mature in the cellar for several more years.

Molenberg is ready to drink immediately and is best consumed within four years.

This wine is only produced in high-quality years for a full-bodied white wine: 2019, 2022 and 2024.

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Tasting Notes

Colour: pale yellow and brilliant
Nose: clean and complex, nice balance between noble wood notes and fresh, ripe fruit.
Mouth: elegant and refined with perfect balance between wood and fruit aromas, keeps well.

Vinification

Fermentation in stainless steel vats followed by further ageing with the following composition:

30% Chardonnay in French, used oak barrels
70% Pinot gris
- partly in Belgian, new oak barrels
- partly in French, used oak barrels
- partly in stainless steel to preserve the fruity touch

Viticulture and terroir

Soil: sand-loam with Diestian sand, ironstone, flint stones and gravel. Underneath this, well-drained layers of Ledian and Paniselian sand

Climate: cool temperate climate influenced by the North Sea

Sustainable viticulture: defoliation, green harvesting, 5 km of indigenous hedges and sowing flower seeds against natural predators, sowing grass seeds to prevent erosion, using compost

Carbon footprint

Minimizing the ecological footprint (Certificate Carbon Footprint by Ecolife in Leuven):

solar panels
use of rainwater
wine boxes of recycled cardboard
use of light wine bottles
well-insulated buildings
reuse of chopped prunings
combination of several actions in the vineyard to minimize diesel consumption.

Food pairing

With its intense flavour profile due to wood aging and concentration (from the fruit of the oldest vines), Molenberg is ideally suited to several gourmet dishes. Think of dishes with sufficient acidity and complexity, but at the same time with roasted / toasted notes. Suitable ingredients are poultry and white meat, white North Sea fish, ground chicory, beets, celeriac, mushrooms, hop shoots. For example: hop shoots with a poached farm egg or pheasant ‘à la Brabançonne’ with braised chicory. Delicious!

Serve at 10°C, in a large glass or after decanting.