VDF ‘Petit Berthe’ 2016
VDF ‘Petit Berthe’ 2016
Bright, showing just a touch of development. Slightly more body than Pineau d'Aunis from more northerly vineyards, still with characteristic redcurrant fruit and a white pepper finish.
Cuvée: VDF ‘Petit Berthe’
Vintage: 2016
Producer: La Folle Berthe
Winemaker: David Foubert
Region: France, Loire, Saumur Le-Puy-Notre-Dame
Style + Colour: Still, red
Grapes/Blend: Pineau d’Aunis
ABV: 13%
Tasting: Bright, showing just a touch of development. Slightly more body than Pineau d'Aunis from more northerly vineyards, still with characteristic redcurrant fruit and a white pepper finish.
Chalk and Tuffeau (soft yellow limestone). Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts and 6 months in fibreglass tank. Semi-carbonic maceration. Unfined and unfiltered. A little sulphur when bottling.
David Foubert, formerly a Paris journalist, moved to Saumur to study winemaking under Aymeric and Melanie, of Domaine Mélaric. He farms a mix of parcels leased from the recently retired Philippe Gourdon. The vineyards have been farmed biodynamically since 1998. The local Tuffeau (fossil-rich limestone) characterises the wines with a clay topsoil and Tuffeau underneath. In total he has 4 hectares of which he practices organic with some biodynamic principles.