2020 Domaine Henry Pelle Menetou-Salon Les Blanchais Loire, France Tennessee grapes sit in wooden boxes

grapes sit in wooden boxes or on rush mats

crushed and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in old barrels

fermented in puncheon sans additions and was aged 11 months in barrel

Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru

Touriga Franca/Touriga Nacional/Tinta Roriz plus mixed-variety old vines

2020 Domaine Henry Pelle Menetou-Salon Les Blanchais Loire, France Tennessee grapes sit in wooden boxesVARIETALS: Sauvignon Blanc ORGANIC: Certified VINEYARD: Les Blanchais vineyard in the commune of Morogues. Was the estate's first single vineyard wine, started in the 1980's. SOIL: Kimmeridgean limestone and silex. VITICULTURE: Practicing organic. Soils plowed. Hand harvested. VINIFICATION: Fermented with natural yeast. 70% wood, 30% tank. AGING: Aged in a combo on 70% wood (Foudres and used 400L barrels) and 30% tank for 11 months.