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.
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