Burgundy
Le Clos Reyssié - Maison Valette - Magnum
Philippe Valette
A very expressive nose, with notes of brioche, hazelnut, mango, curry, and acacia... On the palate: beautiful tension, balance, boasting lovely bitter notes. An exceptional cuvée, even more in Magnum!
- Size
 - 150 cl
 
- Original features
 - Wine without added sulfites
 
- Designation
 - Pouilly-Fuissé AOP
 
- Degree of alcohol
 - 14.5 %
 
- To drink from
 - 2025 to 2033
 
- rock’n’roll
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For the second time, a non-vintage Clos Reyssié, Baptiste and Philippe had been thinking about it for a long time, and it will probably be that way for future vintages! Chardonnay, from 70-year-old vines, grown on clay and limestone soil. Manual harvest and slow pressing. Very long aging (more than 10 years for some of the juices) on fine lees in barrels that have seen 3 to 5 wines, then in vats. This is a blending of all vintages from 2014 to 2018. Neither filtered nor fined, without added sulphites.
        Philippe Valette
Philippe Valette represents the third generation of vignerons to run this 8.5 ha estate (15 ha if we count the vines of his brother Baptiste) located in Chaintré, a village on the border between the Mâconnais and Beaujolais appellations. The estate has been cultivated according to the principles of biodynamics since 1992 – not that it’s certified as such. The young rebel vignerons they once...
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