2024 Louis Billard Les Castets, Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, France Averna Fermented whole‑cluster with wild yeasts

Fermented whole‑cluster with wild yeasts over eight days

2021 Emilien Feneuil Chamery Rosę

70 year old vines

Bénigne Joliet considers that there are four separate terroirs here and each is vinified and aged separately and blended just before bottling

she rose to the ranks of Chef de Cuisine by the age of 26 and finally ascended to the R&D department

2024 Louis Billard Les Castets, Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, France Averna Fermented whole‑cluster with wild yeastsOff a steep, stony, southeast facing slope of very thin limestone soils, the fruit is whole cluster pressed and settled cool, then native fermented ~45 days at 1518 C and aged 12 months in barrel (25% new) plus 4 months in stainless; it finishes full malo, sees a very slow lenticular filtration, and is bottled at ~20 mg L free SO, with ~1,500 bottles made