Description
One of the domaine’s three top cuvées made from the great terroir of Cévins – the origin of Domaine des Ardoisières (see profile). A south east-facing terraced vineyard on a vertiginous 60% slope, bush vines ‘sur échalas’ straight into the bedrock of metamorphic mica-schist. Yields are just 25hh, and the wine is aged in 3-5yo barrels for a year. There is a great balance of dense fruit, apricot, pears, spice with a lick of acidity and a lip-smacking salinity on the finish. For drinking now to 2026.
Maison des Ardoisières is Brice’s négoce, he supervises the work and buys the grapes from three domaines – 4ha of organically farmed 50-60yo vines on limestone scree and clay-limestone soils in Apremont. This cuvée ferments and ages in fibreglass vats for 9 months, bottled with less than 20mg/l of sulphur added.
11% / 75cl
