Vouvray Sec 'Les Pentes Folie' Domaine Sebastien Brunet 2018

Domaine Sebastien Brunet presents the Vouvray Sec 'Les Pentes de la Folie', a Chenin Blanc of sublime complexity and pleasantness, with the energetic mineral stamp characteristic of the terroir. In addition to adopting a highly sustainable viticulture, aimed at respecting the plants, the soil and the entire ecosystem, Sebastien Brunet applies a spontaneous and minimalist oenology, with the aim of producing wines that express the complexity and intensity of the Vouvray terroir. The name 'Les Pentes de la Folie', literally 'the slopes of madness', refers to the fact that the grapes destined for this label come from the slopes of the 'La Folie' vineyard.
Domaine Sebastien Brunet's 'Les Pentes de la Folie' Vouvray Sec is made exclusively from Chenin Blanc grapes grown under a certified organic system, without the use of pesticides or herbicides, on hilly soils consisting of a surface layer of clay and flint and a clay-limestone substrate. The vines have an average age of 80 years and are exposed to the south. In the cellar, the grapes are gently pressed and the must is channelled into old oak barrels of 400 and 500 litres for spontaneous alcoholic fermentation and subsequent ageing for 8 months.
In the glass, Domaine Sebastien Brunet's Vouvray Sec 'Les Pentes de la Folie' exhibits a brilliant straw-yellow colour tending to gold. The aromatic spectrum is typical and articulate in its aromas of yellow-fleshed fruit, citrus, yellow flowers, acacia honey and toasted hazelnut that blend with vivid and deep mineral sensations of flint. Direct, fresh and mineral on the palate, with an astonishing persistence that insists on lightly toasted notes. Vouvray represents one of the longest-lived white wines in the world and this bottle is no exception.

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