GUSTAVE DAUDIN 2019 (Domaine Michel REDDE & Fils)

DESCRIPTION

GUSTAVE DAUDIN is a wine made from the rare Chasselas grape variety still vinified in the region.
Once widely cultivated as a table grape, the Chasselas was vinified towards the end of the 19th century, but its sensitivity to spring frosts, coulure and cryptogamic diseases made its production very uncertain, and it was gradually abandoned in favour of the Sauvignon Blanc. Only a few hectares are still in production today.

TERROIR

The parcel from which the Chasselas grapes come is located in the village of Saint-Andelain. Its soil is composed of flinty clay colluviums which were formed at the end of the Cretaceous period, when the sea finally withdrew, until the present day. These clays are the result of the 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.

This clayey-siliceous soil has been deliberately chosen so that the Chasselas wine, which is naturally discreet with a low acidity, gains in minerality and aromatic persistence.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are cultivated according to the Organic Agriculture principles , for which Ecocert certification is in progress. The yields are 20 to 25 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 filled into 600 litre containers for the winemaking process. 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.