2019 Vignobles Pueyo "Achillea" Blanc, Vin de France Jouan one part is 35 years

one part is 35 years old

The soil is rocky and schistous

Winemaking Notes: Maceration lasts for 3-8 weeks in stainless steel

Made from two hyper local and nearly extinct varieties native to the Douro: Samarrinho and Donzelihno

It combines

2019 Vignobles Pueyo "Achillea" Blanc, Vin de France Jouan one part is 35 yearsThe 2019 "Achillea" is pure Sauvignon Blanc from asterie limestone a reference to the fossilized starfish ("asterisks") found throughout the soil here. Christophe harvests it fully ripe, conducts a natural fermentation in used 500 liter barrels, and allows the wine to develop for 18 months in those same barrels. Nothing is added except 20 mg L of sulfur toward the end of the elevage, and malolactic fermentation is allowed to occur. This last point is