"The best sub €10 wine I've found this year - as well as the best all-round white-wine food match - was Maison Ventenac's Cassandre, Vin de France 2020: brilliantly vinified Vermentino grown in Cabardès, Languedoc. Sappy, vinous, saline; tropical fruit and a curl of lemon peel; tension - and a smile to finish. Throw in an aftertaste of green almond, and if you're worried about alcohol (which I'm not), it's only 12%. Brilliant work from youngsters Stéphanie and Olivier Ramé."
(Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, November 2021)

Stephanie and Olivier Ramé took over her family’s 160 hectare estate in 2010. Building on the work of Stephanie’s father, Alain Maurel, they started to modernize the operation. Which in many cases meant turning back the clock to work sustainably in the vineyards. Their aim was to work naturally, but as cleanly as possible, expressing the terroir with no ‘makeup’.

"Full bottle 1,309 g. 100% Vermentino from the Languedoc. Fermented in stainless steel at 18 °C and aged for three months on lees in stainless steel.

Faintly fragrant; a fresh, pretty, understated wine. Neat, whistle-clean flavours of stone fruit (greengage, especially) and pear blossom and grapefruit. Mouth-watering finish. Drink 2022 2023."
16 points.
Tamlyn Currin, JancisRbinson.com, (October 2022)