2012 VDF - Apicula
2012 VDF - Apicula
A blend of Semillon, Muscadelle and Sauvignon Blanc. Long pressing (cycles of 6 hours). Fermentation with indigenous yeasts between 14 and 16 months.
Cuvée: Apicula
Style: Still
Colour: Sweet
Grapes/Blend: Semillon, Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 11%
Vintage: 2012
Winemaking: Long pressing (cycles of 6 hours). Fermentation with indigenous yeasts between 14 and 16 months.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Clay and limestone
Yield: 15 hl/ ha
A 40-hectare estate, fully organic since 2013. The 8th generation to work at the estate; Vincent Alexis joined his father in 2010 and talked him into bottling their own wines instead of selling them for bulk blending. 25ha are white. Vincent has recently planted lots more traditional grape varieties, Sulphur is only used on bottling for the Bergecrac Blanc and the Monbazillac. Soils are clay on limestone with iron and flint in the Pecharmant vineyards.