This is the only white wine Berthaut-Gerbet produces. The soil is alluvial and quite white, located just near les Crais. Whole-cluster pressing, indigenous yeast fermentation that begins in steel tanks (30%) and finishes in barrel (25% new).
Grapes grown on 30-year-old vines in Roussillon, where the Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean on clay, limestone, and galet soils. Grapes are fermented in tank and about 5% undergo malolactic. 80% is aged on the lees of Viognier in tank and the remainder on French Oak Barrels.
From just two hectares, in a slightly cooler zone than the Chablis, with Portlandian soils. These soils are slightly younger limestone than their famed Kimmeridgian counterparts, emphasizing the fruit rather than mineral aspects of these classic wines. The vines also are younger, averaging 30-...
The premier cru is from a single-hectare plot, uniquely positioned above the left bank of the Serein River. Its steep, well-drained Kimmeridgian slopes and dry winds force the vines to struggle, producing wines of great concentration. The vines average 55-years old.
After very strict selection at...
