LES BOIS DE SAINT-ANDELAIN 2019 (Domaine Michel REDDE et Fils)

DESCRIPTION

LES BOIS DE SAINT-ANDELAIN is a single-plot wine from the eponymous plot located in the village of Saint-Andelain.
This 20 ha wooded parcel was put up for sale in 1970 and Michel REDDE acquired 10 ha of it which he cleared and replanted with vines.
However, although located in the heart of the Pouilly-Fumé vineyard, this parcel was not part of the Pouilly-Fumé designation area, and it was only in 1985 that it obtained the Pouilly-Fumé label. This terroir is now recognised as one of the greatest in the AOP.

TERROIR

the place Les Les Bois de Saint-Andelain is made up of colluvial soil of flint clays whose formation extends from the end of the Cretaceous period, when the sea finally withdrew, to the present day. These clays are the result of the Cretaceous limestone layers alteration under the effect of rainfall, they are sometimes white, brown or greenish and they envelop flints of about 5 to 20 cm.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are cultivated according to the Organic Agriculture principles , for which Ecocert certification is in progress. The yields are 35 to 40 hl/ha. The grapes are picked by hand in boxes of 10 to 12 kg in order to preserve the berries integrity.

Once in the winery, the grapes are pressed and the juice is put into tunes and half tunes for the winemaking phase. The must is yeasted with neutral active dry yeasts and the alcoholic fermentation is spontaneous and takes place at around 18-20°C. Once the alcoholic fermentation is complete, the must is racked and then aged in the same containers on its fine lees for 10 to 12 months where the malolactic fermentation is completed.