Description
Top cuvée from Pabiot. Rarely made. A unique Puilly Fumée as you rarely come across. This cuvée comes from a plot of old vines (0.4 ha) planted on a terroir immigratory marl ( Terres Blanches ). Jonathan Pabiot matures this cuvée in 10-15 year old barrels. Since the beginning, Jonathan has made a number of barrels on completely natural wines to better understand his wines, when they are more sensitive or more stable. Jonathan has never bottled this wine before, so a few years ago he decided to make a new cuvée from it for the first time, Utopia .
"An oxidative touch on the nose, then spicy aromas, candied quince, then in the mouth we find a beautiful power with a very saline, almost iodized finish. Utopia is the color of reggae because during my fermentation, my cellar is spellbound with music and I had to make it understood on the label!" -Jonathan Pabiot
Jonathan is the 5th generation winemaker in the Pabiot family. After working in the Languedoc at Leon Barral, he returned to the family estate at the age of 21. The "domaine" is situated on the hills in Les Loges, the highest part of Pouilly Fumé, close to Sancerre. The family cultivates vineyards from three different soils: Kimmeridgian Marl (Marnes Kimméridgiennes), Portland Limestone (Calcaire Portlandien) and Silice-Argilo Silex (flint). Jonathan produces only 12,000 bottles per year.
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Country / Region: France / Pouilly Fumé (Loire)
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Grape variety(ies): 100% Sauvignon Blanc
- In the vineyard: Organic since 2006, BD since 2016. Exceptionally high planting density (10,000 vines per ha). Age of the vines is between 25 and 50 years old. Grapes used for this wine come from a vineyard (Les Champs de Cris) with a subsoil of Portland limestone with a south/southwest exposure. Manual harvest.
- In the basement: Slow fermentation at low temperature by means of vineyard-own yeasts. Maturation of 12 months in demi-muids and barrels, then 6 months in stainless steel. No filtering, no clarification. 0 grams of sulfite.
- Quality mark: Biodynamic and Vin Nature
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