Parcel: Les Clous

Average age of the vines: 30-50 years

Exposition and soil: Les Clous is planted with Aligoté Doré, which is an Aligoté clone that gives smaller yields and grapes with more concentrated and expressive aromatics. The soils are limestone dominant with some clay.

Vinification: The grapes are brought to the winery where they are de-stemmed and cold-soaked for 6-8 hours on the skins, prior to pressing. This “Macération pelliculaire” allows us to extract aromatics from the skin, which balances the acidity of the grapes. The grapes are then pressed and fermented in neutral French oak. All of our wines undergo a traditional non-inoculated natural fermentation, which often extends the fermentation through the winter and then undergoes a full malolactic fermentation in the spring. Thus remaining “sur-lie” and not racked until bottling the following summer.

Tasting notes: Fruity, fresh and floral with lemon notes, apple and wine flowers. Excellent with white fish and lighter dishes.