2017 (Côtes du Rhône) Petite Jeanne
2017 (Côtes du Rhône) Petite Jeanne
100% Grenache. 12-day fermentation. Saignée for 3 days, then blended together with pressed juice. Aged in concrete tanks for 6-8 months, no filtration or fining.
Cuvée: Petite Jeanne
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Grenache
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2017
Winemaking: Manual harvest, 90% de-stemmed. 12-day fermentation. Saignée for 3 days, then blended together with pressed juice. Aged in concrete tanks for 6-8 months, no filtration or fining.
Sulphur: 12 mg/l added on bottling
Soil: Clay on limestone soils with South-East exposure
Yield: 40 hl/ha
Taking its name from Antoine and Laurence's daughter - super bright and juicy, a vintage they are very proud of.
After deciding that studying city water waste management wasn’t for him, Antoine took over from his dad Pierre in 1998. Shortly joined by his wife Laurence they began making and bottling their own wine. Organic since the 1970’s Pierre had used to sell grapes his grapes to the local co-op. Vineyards are planted with Grenache and Syrah. Very intense vineyard work allows for early harvest, resulting in less-concentrated and lower-alcohol wines. They hand-harvest their 18 hectares of vines, don’t use synthetic yeasts, and don’t fine or filter.