Bachelet-Monnot Santenay 'Les Prarons Dessus' Unit:Single

Bachelet-Monnot Santenay 'Les Prarons Dessus' Unit:SingleProducer "Les Prarons Dessus is one of Santenay's northernmost vineyards, adjacent to Chassagne 1er Cru Morgeot and just beneath Clos de Tavannes. The chalky soils here are rich in red clay which, combined with the old vines, gives a darker, rounder Santenay with more flesh and finer tannins. This is one third whole bunch, and the wine was raised in traditional 228 litre barrels (20% new)." Tasting Note

kind of belies the hot vintage

Specific yeasts which are known to enhance fruit aromatics are used to conduct the ferment

"the grapes are harvested by hand and carefully selected

background: 60% cabernet

It was a relatively unexplored wine growing region and indeed remains merely a blot on the canvas

This wine revives an ancient Alsace tradition that wines assembled from noble grape varieties were called "Gentil"

all sitting above an undercurrent of skinsy tension

with moderately high growing-season rainfall and

fairly high in alcohol yet fine-boned

Crisp and refreshing

The Farr vineyard and winery was started when Gary Farr purchased a small portion of Bannockburn Vineyard's land off Stuart Hooper to build a house for his family and plant his own small vineyard

making his wines an excellent entry point for us to the quaint