FR297
Château des Rontets
Pouilly Fuisse "Les Birbettes"
Burgundy , France
| Type: | Still White Wine |
| Varietals: | Chardonnay |
| Region: | Burgundy , Maconnais |
| Planted: | 1920 - 1945 |
| Farming Methods: | Hand Harvested |
| Soil: | Hard limestone bedrock - silty clay on the surface |
| Climate: | Temperate, challenging recent vintages with massive lost due to frost during fl owering and heat waves during summer |
| Fermentation: | Early morning harvest, fermention in tanks. Indigenous yeasts |
| Elevage: | Vinifi ed in 228-liter and 400-liter barrels (1 to 6 years old barrels) racked before the following harvest and assembled on fi ne lees for an additional 10 months |
| ABV | 13% | Size | 750ml |
ABOUT THIS BOTTLE
“The dames of the inns have adopted three ways to depict old age: at 55, it’s a birbon; at 60, it’s a birbe; after this fatal term, it’s a birbette” (Leo Lespes, 1815-1875). The very old vines of our Clos producing Les Birbettes are older than 60 years-old. They grow on an hectare composed of four plots: 2 of them planted in the 1920’s, right after phylloxera and 2 of them in 1945, at the end of the Second World War. Old vines bring “experience” of dealing with climate change within a production year. They have the capacity to adapt and balance the ripeness. The wine produced with small-sized berries expresses more purity and verticality. Additionally, the salinity shows off the minerality of terroir.
