Herve Souhaut Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet Sainte Epine, IGP Ardeche, France 2024 Italian Aperitivo food-friendly Aligoté with real character

food-friendly Aligoté with real character

This wine is elaborated in the state of wine art in the 18th century

The nose exhibits fragrant fruit with prominent notes of cherries

The vine : Blend of a 40 and a 60 year-old plot from the mass selection

Herve Souhaut Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet Sainte Epine, IGP Ardeche, France 2024 Italian Aperitivo food-friendly Aligoté with real characterThe Saint Epine vineyard is located right behind Herv and Beatrice Souhauts house in the village of Tourney. It lies on an extremely steep slope that is terraced with old rock walls. 100(+) year old non cloned vines on Schist soil. Grapes are hand harvested and undergo a very long maceration at a low temperaturewithout de stemming. The wine is fermented in wooden tanks and aged on fine lees in second hand oak casks. The wine is bottled without