LA PETITE CÔTE's name does not indicate the so-called eponymous place. The viognier vines that make up this wine are planted on plots located in the Chavanay's village, most of them are terraces facing south / southeast.
The plots soil consists exclusively of an outcrop of muscovite granite, a magmatic rock that formed in depth by the magma cooling nearly 350 million years ago.
Of low porosity and non-permeability nature, this rock deteriorates over time and fractures, allowing the water to infiltrate. The vine can find overthere a precious water resource when it plunges its roots.
The grapes are harvested and sorted manually before being pressed. The must ferments in barrels with the native yeasts. It is then aged on its lees for 9 months during which regular stirring is practiced to resuspend the lees.
The bottle is sealed with a DIAM10® cork stopper which guarantees the absence of TCA contamination of the wine (or cork taste)
| Country | Rhône Valley |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Dry |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Viognier |
| Alcohol rate | 13,5 % |
| Quality Designation | Condrieu |
| Cellar Potential | 6 ans. |
| Service advise | 12-13°C (54-55°F). Open 1/2 hr before the service. |
| Culture Methods | Sustainable cultivation method |
| Fining | No |
| Filtering | Yes |
| Comments | Manual harvest. Pressing, Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in oak barrels. Lees Ageing for 9 months in oak barrels with regular stirrings. |
| Stopper | Diam |
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