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Cerf Volant blanc

White Cerf Volant is a blend of Chardonnay and Tressallier, vinified and aged at the Clos de Breuilly's winery. The grapes are grown by the Domaine de la Fontaine.

Saint-Pourçain AOP

Terroir

The vines are located on two plots of the Domaine de la Fontaine: Breux and Les Burliers, in conversion to organic farming since 2021.

Between 250m and 260m
Gentle slope, c. 10%
South, South East
Clay-limestone
Chardonnay c. 1995, Tressallier c. 2015
Etiquette Cerf Volant blanc 2023

Viticulture

Cordon-trained vines with trellising
Guyot-Poussard
Disbudding, green harvesting
Mechanical harvest with integrated sorting

Vinification and Ageing

3 weeks in stainless steel tank, no lees stirring. Malolactic fermentation

4 months in stainless steel tank

Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.4 g/l
3.25
28 mg/l
53 mg/l
900 mg/l

Summary

60% Chardonnay, 40% Tressallier
September 14, 2023
March 19, 2024
Diam 5 47mm
7 780 bottles
45 hl/ha
12% vol

Vinification and Ageing

2 months in stainless steel tank, no lees stirring. Malolactic fermentation

3 months in stainless steel tank

Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.5 g/l
3.30
25 mg/l
50 mg/l
1000 mg/l

Summary

80% Chardonnay, 20% Tressallier
September 7, 2022
February 16, 2023
Diam 5 47mm
5 850 bottles
30 hl/ha
12.5% vol

Why Cerf Volant?

Some of the fun is lost in translation but whilst ‘cerf-volant’ is the word you would use for a kite, it also literally means a flying (volant) stag (cerf). Funnily enough, a flying stag is an emblem of our Bourbonnais region, which is why the stags on our labels are very eager to learn how to fly.

Creation: Alexandre Lagneau