Champalou, Vouvray (2022) wine_a_whiteVouvray: Harvest occurs early in the morning and the fruit is then immediately pressed. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel cuves. A low temperature is kept while the wine is raised on fine lees in the cuve for eleven months and then is bottled in September. About Champalou Catherine and Didier Champalou both came from vigneron families, yet their mutual sense of independence prompted the couple to brave it on their own right after completing
Every year the wines are different and a revelation
Each bottle is then hand-polished
Soils : clay-limestone
This producer is all about small production - grapes were harvested from a single parcel and only one barrel was made
not obscure it
yeast and purified artesian well water
EASTON Fiddletown Zinfandel is always 100% Zinfandel from the Rinaldi Vineyard
and vanilla
2021 Love You Bunches rose immediately wins us over in everything we want out of a scrumptious rose
we do 2 to 3 punch downs per day
Fermentation is usually complete after 14 to 16 days at a maximum temperature of 86˚F
full bodied palate with rich flavours of fruit and spice