Bret Brothers - La Soufrandière - Pouilly Vinzelles - X Taste - Raisins Passerillés 2017
La Soufrandière is located in Vinzelles, in the Mâconnais in Burgundy . The estate has 11 hectares of Chardonnay vines, in the appellations of Mâcon-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Saint-Véran, Pouilly-Fuissé and Bourgogne Aligoté . In 2000, Jean-Philippe and Jean-Guillaume Bret vinified their first vintage. They obtained certification in organic farming and then in biodynamics in 2006. In 2001, the two brothers, joined by the third, Marc-Antoine Bret , created their business “Artisan”; the Bret Brothers . They produce a total of 20 micro-cuvées – each wine representing a plot, and a winemaker.
X-Taste is made from partially botrytized Chardonnay vines, whose age ranges from 23 to 70 years. They are grown on a plot located in the village of Pouilly-Vinzelles , whose terroir is made up of clay and limestone with a very high content of red iron oxide. The grapes are harvested by hand then vinified and aged in quartauts (a quarter of 225 liters or approximately 57 liters) for 18 months . The wine contains 62 g/L of residual sugars and only 588 bottles were produced.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay