2022 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny 'La Gravotte' Pinot Noir, Loire, France Sandy Giovese All Pinot blanc

All Pinot blanc

Foradori works 2 hectares of this ancient local variety in the Fontanasanta vineyard at about 400 meters above the city of Trento

alluvial soils

The blend includes 60% from the 2017 vintage and 40% from 2016

but also gets very direct sun

2022 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny 'La Gravotte' Pinot Noir, Loire, France Sandy Giovese All Pinot blancSince La Gravotte lies within the original Clos du Tue Boeuf (which is in fact a clos), the estate name features prominently at the top of the label along with the estate's emblem of a cow with wings. This is how the Puzelat visually distinguish their historic land in Cheverny. Whole cluster, open top, semi carbonic fermentation. Pressed and aged for eight months in used Burgundian barrels and 400 liter demi muids, bottled unfiltered with minimal or