Description
Château de Mérande Apremont 1948 is a dry, taut wine characterised by lovely freshness and an invigorating finish. The nose reveals notes of white-fleshed orchard fruits and English sweets, as well as hints of verbena and other medicinal herbs. This lovely fruity structure is nonetheless crisp and finishes with a salty note and citrus flavours.
Origin of the cuvée
The name of this cuvée recalls the disaster of the night of 24–25 November 1248. A massive rockslide buried part of the Chambéry gorge and the Grésivaudan valley, revealing the highest cliff in France, rising to over 900 metres. Château de Mérande Apremont 1948 comes from a vineyard planted on the scree in 1919.
In the vineyard, in the cellar
- GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Jacquère
- TERROIR: Limestone scree from Mt Granier.
- PRUNING: Single Guyot with 6 buds.
- CULTIVATION: Organic and biodynamic
- YIELD: 50 hl/ha
- VINIFICATION: Hand-harvested. Gentle, prolonged pressing of whole bunches. Natural fermentation without additives (yeast or SO2), at low temperature for 4 to 6 weeks. Malolactic fermentation completed. Sulphiting at bottling.
- AGEING: In vats on fine lees without stirring.
What to eat with a Château de Mérande Apremont?
. Savoyard fondues and raclettes. Parsley-crusted frogs’ legs
. Lake fish. Shellfish & crustaceans. White meat, poultry. Tomme d’Abondance.
