2023 Henri Chauvet 'Au Crible' VDF Jintaro Yura a few whole bunches

a few whole bunches

where she fell in love with Chenin Blanc

energetic and utterly delicious maceration of Muscat from a grower pushing Alsace into a new progressive territory

The wine ferments in open Nomblot concrete tanks and is macerated for 15 days before being pressed off

Fermentation takes place in small cement tanks and oak barrels without the use of selected yeast

2023 Henri Chauvet 'Au Crible' VDF Jintaro Yura a few whole buncheslong 9 month maceration on decomp. basalt & fractured limestone; pressed in an old wooden ratchet press; 12 months in neutral 400L. Native, unfined, unfiltered; ~10 mg L SO at bottling. (In 2022 this wine was called fleur de peau; in 2023 the maceration was made much longer.)