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Essentials
Region
France > Savoie
Appellation
Vin de Savoie Arbin AOP
Grapes
Mondeuse Noire
Soil
N/A
Facts
HVE certified, Hand harvest
ABV
12.5 %
Residual Sugar
N/A
Sulfite Level
N/A
Total Acidity
N/A
Production (Bottles)
1300 bottles
The vineyard
Age of the wines
60 years
Altitude
N/A
Size
N/A
The cellar
Wholecluster fermentation and maceration for about 10 days in a sandstone (grés) amphora, where the wine then ages 6 months then bottled
Vessel
terracota amphora
Elevage
N/A
A very interesting wine that, thanks to the Amphora, shows a more open and ready wine early compared to the other cuvees made in microfiber tanks. The oxygen exchange happening with the wine emphasizes the fruit and soften the tanins from the wholecluster maceration extremly well to give a very smooth and open wine.
A very interesting wine that, thanks to the Amphora, shows a more open and ready wine early compared to the other cuvees made in microfiber tanks. The oxygen exchange happening with the wine emphasizes the fruit and soften the tanins from the wholecluster maceration extremly well to give a very smooth and open wine.
Céline Jacquet is a young woman winemaker , who established her domaine in 2011 in the village of Arbin , in Savoie . Today , She farms about 5 hectares (12 acres) , without any desire to grow much bigger . She cultivates the traditional grape varietals of the Combe de Savoie: Mondeuse , Roussette , Altesse and Bergeron (also known as Roussane in the Rhone valley) . She has vineyards in different places in the Combe de Savoie: Arbin , St-Jean de la Porte , Cruet , and Chignin . Céline studied winemaking in Beaujolais . Many of her parcels , such as the one going into Mes Aieux or Les Echalats , are at the top of the vineyard , planted on very steep slopes who ...