2025 Catherine et Pierre Breton, Brut 'La Dilettante', Vouvray, Loire, France Baias e Enseadas the domaine has chosen to

the domaine has chosen to produce a single-parcel wine from vines planted uniquely on red marl

Laila Maghathe makes this wine under the Mersel Wine label

rocky soils on limestone bedrock

The soils are austere: pink granite and quartz

it is bottled just before the next harvest without fining or filtering

2025 Catherine et Pierre Breton, Brut 'La Dilettante', Vouvray, Loire, France Baias e Enseadas the domaine has chosen toWith three decades' worth of harvests under her belt with her husband, Pierre, plus her own dabbling with Chenin Blanc since 2002, Catherine Breton is undeniably an authority on biodynamic farming and natural winemaking. Using these methods, she produces this fine sparkling Vouvraybone dry thanks to an extremely low dosage, richly honeyed and complex from refermentation in bottle, and mouthwateringly stony from the flinty soil. Sixteen years after