Personality: “I loved making this skinsy Alsatian amber
100% Alfrocheiro sourced from vineyards with decomposed granite planted in 2003 at 360m above sea level in Serra de Estrela • Harvested by hand • Partial carbonic-macertaion with 50% whole bunches and 50% destemmed fruit pressed halfway through fermentation into a mixture of stainless steel
We continue to work with what remains of the original dry-farmed block - scattered vines that comprise a little over an acre in total
Soil: Sábrego (decomposed granite and silt)
The vineyard always gives sweet cherry and chocolate
2023 Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres Clos Devant le Jeu, Loire, France Hermann Ludes Personality: “I loved making this2023 is the inaugural vintage of this cuve. It sits below Clos de Frmine, one of Boudignons other Savennires sites, near La Possonnire. A warm, south facing slope with shallow, schist dominant soils lightly mixed with sand.