Seyve Villard 2024 Producer|Valdibella

Seyve Villard 2024 Producer|ValdibellaAn atypical Jura white made using a direct press of the Seyve Villard hybrid a disease resistant varietal that requires no herbicide or pesticide vineyard treatments. It flourishes over the red and grey marls and fossil rich Jurassic limestone of the region, producing a wine that lacks none of the tension and edge you'd hope for from its native Chardonnay or Savagnin. With pristine clarity it shows crisp green apple and preserved lemon, moving through

True to the form of a Classico

The welcome return of Laurent's most iconic wine

this red/white blend gives us everything we need for those long sunny afternoons

seek to demonstrate the more specific terroir of their land

textural peachiness of the varietal and sets it against the saltiness of both the lees contact and the limestone rock of the vineyard soils

Get it while you can

Co-fermented on the skins over 2 weeks in open topped tanks before being pressed off to steel for a short rest

a wonderfully lush texture and balance

and macerated from anywhere between a week and a month before being pressed off to vats for six months of rest

introducing elements of barrel ageing

brine and wildflowers that marries wonderfully with the silky tannins and cascade of bitter herbs that follow

the grapes are destemmed and macerated for about a day on the skins