The new cuvée « Les Barres « 2006 :

Before I took the decision to release this new cuvée, and present it to all my customers, a few wine freaks asked me if it would be possible to buy some. I sold a few bottles to the most curious and motivated of them. Now, the bell rings to buy more...

 

Making the decision to sell this cuvee was really hard for me. You know, like a mother who sees her child leaving the house to live his own life. I put all my passion and lot of time to follow this wine, to educate him, help him during his 3 years ageing…

 

 By the way, this cuvee wears the name of it’s parcel, Les Barres : very old “vieilles vignes  françaises”, non grafted, 100 % pinots meuniers. Aged in barrels, on its natural yeasts.

 

The wine shows a lot of delicate fruit, with a long length and a deep impression of maturity and complexity ( the expression of the very deep non grafted roots in sandy-chalky soil ). The most amazing thing with this wine, is that it reacts like humans : charming and full of energy when the weather is warm, and quiet and shy when it is cold. The wine reacts in its bottle like it reacted in the barrel.

 

In each season, you will find a different wine, you will have to try to understand its character, then you will get the most spectacular and singular expression out of this unique wine.

 

This observations helped me making the decision to wait a few more months to release the cuvee Les Barres 2006. Sorry for this, and if you asked me for some bottles, please wait until summer, I will contact you.