Maison des Ardoisieres "Silice Blanc" 2023 Jacquère Vin des Allobroges Savoie

APPELLATION  IGP Vin des Allobroges

GRAPE VARIETY  100% Jacquère

FARMING  Biodynamic, Certified Organic

SOIL  Schist and ardoise (a type of hard, black schist native to the region), mixed with clay

VINEYARDS & VITICULTURE  From three vineyards, totaling two hectares, in Apremont, old vines below Mont Granier. Vines planted on west facing slopes. Guyot and Cordon Royal training.

HARVEST & VINIFICATION  Only indigenous yeasts are used and no SO2 during vinification. Malolactic fermentation is not carried out systematically. 1/3 vinified in barriques (two to three years old), 2/3 in tanks. The wine is then aged for at least nine months with only one gram of sulfur used at bottling.

This ancient region, planted to vine as early as 120 BCE, produces wines from Gamay, Mondeuse Noire, Persan, Jacquère, Chardonnay, and Mondeuse Blanche.
The seven-hectare estate is planted over two steep and rocky vineyard sites - one in Cevins and the other in Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy.

Biodynamic principles have been utilized since the vineyards were cleared and replanted starting in 1998. Wines are fermented with native yeasts. No sulfur is used during vinification and only one gram at bottling.

The Ardoisières wines are mineral, pure, and unique, reflecting this singular mountain terroir.