Henri & Gilles Buisson Saint-Romain Blanc 'Sous La Velle' 2024

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Henri & Gilles Buisson Saint-Romain Blanc 'Sous La Velle' 2024This second white from the Saint Romain appellation is more full bodied and rustic than its neighbor La Perrire. In this case, the vines are quite old having an average age of 50 years. The soil of Sous la Velle is different from La Perriere having a greater proportion of marne mixed with the clay and limestone. The wine is, as a result, less elegant than its companion but it is more powerful and broad shouldered. This wine is barrel fermented and

Vespolina plays the primary supporting role to the great Nebbiolo-based wines of the Alto Piemonte

The vineyards are a mix of two terroirs: Oxfordian “caillottes” and Kimmeridgian “marne”

along with traditional Aosta soups

Sébastien Genovesi destems the grapes and employs a lengthy maceration with daily pigeage and remontage

The combination of warm daytime temperatures and Yvorne’s solar-panel-like vineyard expositions ensures fully ripe grapes

yielding anywhere from 25 hectoliters per hectare to 40 hl/ha

Monsieur Mirande harvests in a single day or perhaps two

This wine is sourced from the southeastern-facing vineyard positioned at about 1

The grapes

and Cheveau’s old holdings here comprise plantings from 1950 and 1987

followed by ripe and tart cherry fruit

fermentation takes place in stainless steel and occurs spontaneously