Chardonnay Les Corvees 'Sous Curon' 2018 (ONE PER ORDER)

Domaine de la Tournelle is a domain based in the small town of Arbois in the Jura. The wine 'Chardonnay Les Corvees 'Sous Curon' 2018' is limited to ONE PER ORDER.

Information from Domaine de la Tournelle.

This wine keeps extremely well and can be enjoyed over fine fishes or lobster.

Chardonnay produced on gravel and early Jurassic limestone gravel rich clay soils around the lieu-dit « le corvées sous curon »

• Return of 40 hl/ha
• Hand harvest and strong selection during harvest.
• Pneumatic press for gentle extraction on whole clusters of grapes.
• Indigenous yeasts, without sulphur added.
• Settling of the must for 12 hours with no added product.
• Start of alcoholic fermentation in tanks.
• Second stage of alcoholic fermentation in 228 litre barrels, no new barrels.
• Malolactic fermentation in barrels the following spring with top-ups of the ullage every 10 days without So2.
• For a mineral taste, vinification in old wooden barrels, on the lees. Barrels are regularly topped up for 18 to 24 months at least, with no added sulphite.
• Bottling according to Maria Thun’s lunar calendar.