A very decent white, which I hope damns it with just enough faint praise to keep expectations low, but high enough for you to give it a try. It’s a star-fruit-scented blend of 50% Macabeo, 25% Roussanne and 25% Grenache Blanc with white currant, citrus and honeysuckle flavours and needs to be served cold as it’s sole purpose is refreshment, not introspective scrutiny. We have plenty of other wines that will leave you breathless with wonder, but this isn’t one of them. Drink it with poulet et frites and an episode of ‘Call My Agent’. 13% alc. Drink now-2027.

Organic (certified), sustainable
Vegan

Press review:

Neal Martin (previous vintage) “A blend of 50% Macabeo, 25% Roussanne and 25% Grenache Blanc grown on schist soils and whole-bunch-pressed. It features wonderful citrus fruit mixed with chamomile and pressed white flowers on the nose, and the palate is beautifully balanced, quite phenolic in style, with a slight waxy texture. Wild peach and nectarine linger on the well-defined finish. Given that this was a measly 30 quid on the restaurant list, it is absolutely outstanding value.” 92 points

“Domaine Boucabeille is run by Jean Boucabeille, who has planted 23 ha (57 acres) of native forest around his 12-ha vineyard, built ponds and installed over 100 beehives. He doesn’t plough, to avoid damaging the microbial life in the soil, and doesn’t use machinery in the vineyard, in order to avoid soil compaction. The estate has been certified organic since 2008. Boucabeille also planted 650 cork oaks in 2016, with a view to producing their own corks, and in 2018 they installed a water-treatment plant so that wastewater from the winery can be used to irrigate the cork oaks and wash machinery. Winemaking is low intervention, with spontaneous fermentations. Boucabeille also plays the accordion. This might be considered irrelevant but for the fact that musical intelligence often goes hand in hand with a different way of thinking about and connecting things, of finding rhythms and resonance. Einstein was an accomplished violinist who used to solve some of his most difficult problems by playing the violin in the wee hours of the night. Boucabeille’s wines are four-dimensional and have heartbeat as well as incredible length, breathing the garrigue of their terroir through every sip.” - Tamlyn Currin for JancisRobinson.com