2020 AOC Bergerac - Bergecrac Blanc Sec
2020 AOC Bergerac - Bergecrac Blanc Sec
Vincent’s classic blend brings a little more complexity in 2020 after a warm vintage. Round and opulent up front before turning the corner to a fresher finish.
Cuvée: Bergecrac Blanc Sec
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon, Chenin
ABV: 13.5%
Vintage: 2020
Winemaking: Hand harvested, pressed directly. 4 months fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Temperatures are kept at 14-16°C during fermentation. Vinified separately but blended together for ageing. Matured in tank on fine lees and bottled without filtration.
Sulphur: none added
Soil: Clay and limestone
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.