2024 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 12.5%
Grape Varieties 100% Savagnin
Classification Vin de France
Region Vin de France
Soil Calcareous marl
Orientation West-Facing
Fermentation Vessels Chassin demi-muids
Production Details The vineyard was in conversion to organic farming. Grapes were harvested manually, vinified in Chassin demi-muids and given a long maturation on the lees. The vendor recommends 45 minutes of decanting when young and serving at 11–12°C.
Tasting Notes Candied pear, fresh walnut, white pepper, exotic and lightly smoky notes; an energetic palate with generous texture, tension and considerable length.
Vintages
2023 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.5%
Grape Varieties 100% Savagnin
Classification Vin de France
Region Vin de France
Soil Bathonian limestone and gray marl
Orientation South-West Facing
Sites Single site in Vincelles
Vine Age Old vine
Fermentation Vessels 456 L barrels
Indigenous Yeast Yes
Barrel Size 456
Unfined Yes
Unfiltered Yes
Production Details Practicing-organic, massal-selection old vines. The grapes are manually harvested and pressed as whole bunches with a long, firm press. Ambient-yeast fermentation occurs in 456 L barrels, with both alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrel. Maturation comprises 12 months in 456 L wooden barrels, 30% new, followed by 8 months in stainless steel. The wine is protected with nitrogen from pressing through bottling and bottled unfined and unfiltered. The trade serving recommendation is 12–14°C after approximately one hour out of the refrigerator.
Tasting Notes Gunflint, white flowers and a cool mineral nose; a broad then finely chiselled, layered palate with crispness, salinity, freshness and lift.