M.Chapoutier Chante-Alouette Hermitage

Grapes: Marsanne

Organic

Character: Complex and subtle, aromas of quince, walnut, honey, ginger and acacia. The taste is quite elegant and has a good length.

Goes well with: Excellent with light fish and seafood dishes.

About the wine: The grapes from which this wine is produced come from three different vineyards:
- “Le Méal”: characterized by a soil of very old fluvio-glacial alluvial deposits with a high pebble content.
- “Les Murets”: whose soil is clay-gravel. Its red clays give the wines a full, rich character.
- “Chante-Alouette”: a high-lying terroir whose soil is a mixture of loess and very finely decomposed granite. It gives the wine freshness, salinity and acidity. 

The musts are obtained after a long pressing and are lightly settled before fermentation. Part of the fermentation is carried out in stainless steel tanks and part in demi-muids. The lees are stirred up (bâtonnage) for the first 2-3 months adding texture to the wine.

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