{"product_id":"madiran-chateau-de-la-motte-1988","title":"Madiran Château de la Motte 1988","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1988 Château de la Motte is an estate-bottled red wine from the Madiran appellation in Southwest France. Produced under the ownership of Michel Abat, this wine carries the Appellation Madiran Contrôlée classification and was bottled directly at the château.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadiran is an AOC situated on the border between Gascony and Béarn, nestled in the rolling hills north of the Pyrenees across the Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments. It is part of the broader Sud-Ouest region, an area stretching between Bordeaux, Dordogne, Toulouse, and the Pyrenees. The Sud-Ouest is characterized by a great variation in climate and soil, ranging from cool mountain vineyards to warm river valleys along the Garonne, Lot, Tarn, and Dordogne. In Madiran specifically, the climate is heavily influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, featuring warm, dry autumns driven by the local foehn wind. The vineyards are planted on well-exposed slopes where the soils alternate between clay-limestone, pebbles, and iron-rich subsoils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wine is based on Tannat, a powerful grape variety known for its deep color and clear structure, which is deeply tied to Madiran and the wider Southwest France region. In the Madiran appellation, red wines are traditionally crafted with a dominant proportion of Tannat, often supplemented by Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Fer Servadou. The grape is renowned for producing heavily structured wines, a characteristic that famously led local winemaker Patrick Ducournau to develop the micro-oxygenation technique in the 1990s to manage the grape's natural intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château de la Motte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56873003057478,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/3478\/1950\/files\/generated-228_0207c0a7-64e5-4fa3-b7fa-03674abadc61.jpg?v=1782733697","url":"https:\/\/bottleswithhistory.eu\/products\/madiran-chateau-de-la-motte-1988","provider":"Bottles With History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}