the wine macerated on the skins for about four weeks and the cap was punched down 1-4 times per day during the middle of fermentation
A rare 600m wide vein of oxidized gneiss and red schist
Juice in tank was moved to barrel after signs of ferment
This is also one of the last vintages that the estate bottled under cork - making the full transition to stelvin (screwtop) in 2003
Tortonian origin mix with sandstones and clays of the Serravallian period
2023 Didier Dagueneau Buisson Renardes Blanc VdF, Loire Valley, France Domaine des Fauvettes the wine macerated on theA single parcel located mid slope on the southwest side of Saint Andelain, the highest village in the Pouilly Fume appellation, and the only one to possess soil containing the perfect balance of clay and flint (silex). Historically, this vineyard has been known as Buisson Menard, but a few years back, a famous French wine journalist made the unenviable mistake of misnaming it Buisson Renard. Didier took offense and thus renamed it the following year.