COLOUR: white
TYPE: dry.
VINTAGE: 2021
GRAPE VARIETY: Melon de Bourgogne (100%)
FARMING: Biodynamic
AGEING: 15 to 18 months
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 12%
VOLUME: 75 cl
CELLARING: 10 years
Due to the exceptional weight of the bottle (1.8 kg), shipping costs for your final cart may be adjusted.
ORTHOGNEISS is a cuvée crafted from vines planted on an Orthogneiss soil, which inspired its name. This wine benefits from a little cellaring to allow its tertiary aromas to unfold with gentle grace.
SOIL: Orthogneiss soil, a granite rock metamorphosed through the action of plate tectonics.
HARVEST: manual / hand-picked.
YIELD: 35 hl/ha.
VINIFICATION: delicate pneumatic pressing. No settling of the must. Fermentation in underground tanks using indigenous yeasts.
AGEING: 15 to 18 months on fine lees in underground cellar tanks. The official label mention "sur lies" does not appear on the bottle, as displaying it mandates a bottling window strictly between March 1st and November 30th of the year following harvest—a constraint the estate chooses not to follow.
BOTTLING: unfined, with light filtration through diatomaceous earth.
CORK: natural cork.
"A true personal favorite for this vintage of striking freshness; it seduces with a nose both lively and generous, where minerality expresses itself through lemon and white grapefruit, sublimated by subtle touches of cumin and chives. On the palate, the wine unfolds a vibrant, lemony, and thirst-quenching structure. Great aromatic persistence affirming the chiseled character of a grand terroir wine!"
| Country | Loire Valley |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Dry |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Melon |
| Alcohol rate | 12 % |
| Quality Designation | Vin de France |
| Cellar Potential | 10 ans |
| Culture Methods | Biodynamic |
| Fining | No |
| Filtering | Yes |
| Stopper | Natural cork |
| Cap | CRD Capsule |
| Dominant Aroma Profile | Lemony, Mineral |
| Body and Structure | Fresh (light, thirst-quenching), Tonic, Mineral |
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