Domaine de Chevillard Savoie Pinot Noir wine label from France.

Pinot Noir

FRANCE – Savoie
Locality:
FRANCE – Savoie
Appellation:
Savoie AOP
Grape Variety:
100% Pinot Noir
WineMaker:
Matthieu Goury
Vineyard:
Half hectare plot near Saint-Pierre d’Albigny. Planted in 1962 and 1982 over clay and mixed limestone soil. South an east expositions from 350-450m.
Viticulture:
Certified organic (Eurofeuille). Yield 35 hl/ha.
WineMaking:
Fully de-stemmed fruit is macerated for three weeks, then pressed in a Coquard press and fermented over ambient yeasts in a concrete vat. During fermentation there is light pumping over but no punch-downs. The wine is then racked into neutral oak barrels for malolactic conversion and aging.
Aging:
Aged for 24 months in 3-to-5-year-old French oak barrels of 225L. 1 or 2 months before bottling, wine is racked.
Bottling:
Neither fined nor filtered. Minimum addition of sulfur. Bottled and aged for an additional 12 months before release.
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