2022 IGP - Vé Blanc
2022 IGP - Vé Blanc
Picked early in the morning to retain freshness, Vé is Provençal summer-drinking refreshment manifest: bright, easy, with a pleasing salinity thanks to adjacent salt marshes.
Cuvée: Vé Blanc
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Colombard (75%), Muscat Petits Grains (25%)
ABV: 11.5%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: Grapes are picked in the early morning to retain freshness and aromatics before pressing directly. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts begins slowly with the juice still at a cool 16 degrees. Fermentation in horizontal, re-purposed stainless steel milk vats, later racked into concrete for ageing. Bottled unfiltered in spring.
Soil: Limestone, clay, sand, and silt deposited by the Rhône
Sulphur: 50mg/l at bottling