LES HAUTS BOIS 2019 (Domaine Perrault-Jadaud)

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LOIRE - AOP VOUVRAY - DRY WHITE WINE
Grape variety: Chenin (100%)
Natives Yeasts Winemaking in concrete tanks

  • Nose: elegant. Beautiful aromatic precision. Intense aromas of quince and yellow peach with a hint of aniseed.
  • Palate: tonic, tasty and fresh, with a nice lemony finish.

Tasting date: May 2021

OUR OPINION: Les Hauts Bois is a dynamic and very refreshing Vouvray, it's original!

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TERROIR


The plot is located at Les Hauts Bois, on the hillside of Noizay, whose soil is composed of three different layers: :

  • at the top, a formation of sands and gravels called sables de Montreuil, whose sedimentation is continental and dates from the end of the Miocene, 5 million years ago; this formation is frequently clayey and contains pebbles and cobbles composed of Oligocene burstones and Cretaceous flints from the underlying formations, as well as Jurassic limestones of distant origin.
    The grapes making up the cuvée LES HAUTS BOIScomes from this part of limestone sands.

  • In the middle, a layer dating from the Upper Eocene (-37.2 to -33.9 Ma) is found, composed of puddingstones and siliceous pebbles made up of an aggregate of flint and Jurassic cherts within an extremely hard cement.

  • and at the bottom, a layer of flint clays emerges, which result from the alteration of the underlying Turonian formations: these are very sandy clays, strongly red-coloured by the iron oxides and which surround Turonian flints.


WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING


LES HAUTS BOIS is a single-plot cuvée made with grapes from the eponymous lieu-dit. Still classified as a dry wine, it has the highest residual sugar content.

The estate's vines are cultivated according to the principles of the Organic Agriculture, but in the absence of Ecocert certification, we cannot classify the wines as organic. The old Chenin vines that give birth to the LES HAUTS BOIS cuvée are about 35-40 years old, and their yield is around of 35 hl/ha.

The grapes are harvested by hand and then taken to the estate's troglodyte cellars where they are pressed before being vatted for a cold settling operation.
Once the coarser lees have been removed, the must is then transferred to concrete tanks where it undergoes the alcoholic fermentation with the native yeasts as well as the entire malolactic fermentation. It is then aged for 9 months.
Once the maturation is complete, the musts are blended and filtered before bottling, which is made in the summer following the harvest.

  • Residual sugar : 6 g/l
  • Total SO2 : < 20 mg/l

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Data sheet
Country Loire Valley
Color White
Orange wines No
Clay amphorae wines No
Type Dry
Vintage 2019
Capacity 75 cl
Single Grape Variety Chenin
Alcohol rate 14 %
Quality Designation Vouvray
Cellar Potential 10 years
Service advise 11°C (52°F). Open 1/2hr before the service.
Culture Methods Non-certified Organic culture
Total SO2 20 mg/l
Fining No
Filtering Yes
Comments Native yeasts. Fermentations in concrete tanks. Filtration before bottling.
 
Food & wine Pairing
  • salmon canapés

  • salted kugelhopf

  • nems, stuffed ravioli, fried noodles with shrimp

  • pan-fried fish fillets.

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