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Quartz, 2018

by: Les Cailloux du Paradis

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France

Wine

White

100% natural

Sauvignon Blanc

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Sulphites

<10 mg/L

Grape Certification

Uncertified

Suitable for

Vegans

vegetarians

Technical Information

Vineyard

Organic / Biodynamic (uncertified)
Soil type: Quartz, Sand

Cellar

Fermented spontaneously using low-intervention
Sulphites: No added sulphites: <10 mg/L
Fining (clarification): Unfined
Filtering: Unfiltered
Suitable for Vegans and vegetarians
Alcohol: tbc
Residual sugar: <1 g/L
Vessel type: Other

Additional Information

Alcohol:11.5% Bottle size:75cl Average age of vines: Old vines Golden straw in the glass with shimmering pale highlights. The nose offers sliced apple & poached pear backed by apple chutney spiced with brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon & allspice. The palate is very nutty, with a firm acidity. The wine finishes long & vibrant, with great mineral & core fruit presence & a lingering inner mouth perfume of pear eau de vie. This is a truly outstanding, complex wine and we know, from experience, that it ages for many a moon.

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About Les Cailloux du Paradis

Claude, who is growing older, has started to pass off the winemaking to his son Etienne, who is already showing immense promise. Currently Claude only makes the Racines cuvées and Etienne is in charge of the others. Etienne is another example of the new generation taking over, bringing a new level of precision to winemaking, much as Baptiste Cousin has with some of his father Olivier’s wines. As Claude did before him, Etienne is continuing the tradition of very long elevage in barrel

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