2023 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Pur Sang, Loire, France Cati Ribot with some whole bunches

with some whole bunches

Chardonnay La Marcette was produced with grapes from vines planted in 1982 on Triassic marl soils at the top of a hill

where they fermented without temperature control for 14-21 days

rather than stainless steel

An ephemeral cuvée

2023 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Pur Sang, Loire, France Cati Ribot with some whole bunchesProduced primarily from a vineyard north of Saint Andelain called La Folie. Occasionally, some smaller plots on the Saint Andelain hill make it into this cuvee. The soil here is deeper clay with some chalky limestone. There is virtually no silex in the soil. Barrel fermented and aged mostly in 450 and 600 liter barrels, as well as some of Dagueneau's famous cigar barrels. Designed by the late Didier, these barrels are 350 liters and agressively