Crisp, light and lively with biscuity fruit and a delicate mousse. Produced in the famous commune of Mont Louis by Paul Boutinot who is a perfectionist when it comes to French wines. After a traditional “Champenoise” fermentation the wine is left on its lees for at least five years in cool, chalk cellars allowing it to develop complexity and structure.
Luscious, sweet quince and citrus flavours develop into deep and persistent mouth-watering finish. Musky nose with deep, golden hue. The only wine to drink with foie gras but can be served with fish pie, lobster or any blue cheese.
All grapes are sourced from old vines grown in our own vineyards in Montlouis on the south bank of the river Loire, called Chapelle de Cray where grapes are grown organically. Vinification: the grapes are harvested by hand and placed into press. Only the first light pressings are used, the juice is then left to settle for 12 hours before the addition of wild yeasts to commence fermentation. Wild yeasts ferment more slowly than cultured, creating more complexity and finesse in the finished wine. After fermentation, the wine is left for at least six months on fine lees, thus avoiding the need to stabilise with bentonite. Tasting note: a classic white, full of flavour (12 x 75 cl)
Produced from vines aged 40-65 years, grown on selected sites on the higher slopes of Mont Ventoux. Vinification: hand-picked grapes are placed in tanks, where fermentation begins naturally with wild yeasts. During fermentation the wine is returned to the skins once a day, this creates strong, but very fine, complex tannins. Matured for eight months prior to bottling with a light filtration. Tasting note: a good robust and spicy red wine, packed full of bramble and plum flavours. Wonderful and smooth and certainly worth losing your head over. (12 x 75 cl)