VDF "Sans Bruit" (Sauvignon Blanc)

France
Burgundy
2021

100% Sauvignon Blanc & Sauvignon Gris. From a 0.4-hectare, north-facing plot planted in 1950 on clay-limestone marl over hard limestone in the Sauvignon de St. Bris AOC, an anomaly as an all-Sauvignon appellation in the Chablis region.  Alice and Olivier farm organically and harvest by hand. The fruit is gently pressed and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine goes through malo naturally and is aged on its lees without bâtonnage, in 1/3 amphora, 1/3 old demi-muid and 1/3 old barrique.  No sulfur is used at harvest or during vinification. Bottled in February 2020. The wine’s name—literally “without noise” —is a tongue-in-cheek reference to St. Bris, which is pronounced just similarly enough (the De Moors used to seek and bottle under the appellation but the wine was too often deemed “atypical” due to its high ripeness, tropical-leaning fruit character and sometimes residual sugar).

SKU/Code: 
DB0221-21
Product Line: 
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Sauvignon Blanc
Farming Type: 
Organic