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Saint-Pourçain blanc

Clos de Breuilly's white Saint Pourçain is a blend of Chardonnay and Tressallier, aged in stainless steel tanks.

Saint-Pourçain AOP

Terroir

Grapes are harvested exclusively from the estate's vineyard.

From 350m to 360m
Gentle slope, c. 5%
South
60% sand, 25% silt, 15% clay on a subsoil of altered granitic and metamorphic rocks (gneiss)
Between 1964 and 1995
Etiquette Saint-Pourçain blanc

Viticulture

Clos de Breuilly's vines are cultivated organically (farming is certified organic by FR-Bio-10 Agriculture France)

Cordon-trained vines with trellising
Guyot-Poussard
Disbudding, green harvesting
Harvest by hand with sorting at the vine

Vinification and Ageing

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

8 months in stainless steel tank

Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<0.2 g/l (LQ)
3.35
30 mg/l
35 mg/l
1010 mg/l

Summary

50% Chardonnay, 50% Tressallier
September 19, 2023
July 24, 2024
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
2 690 bottles
40 hl/ha
13.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

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

8 months in stainless steel tank

Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.4 g/l
3.40
25 mg/l
60 mg/l
1000 mg/l

Summary

70% Chardonnay, 30% Tressallier
September 7-12, 2022
August 4, 2023
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
2 800 bottles
40 hl/ha
12.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

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

Chardonnay 8 months in oak barrels Atelier Centre France (Tronçais forest), Tressallier in concrete eggs.

Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<2 g/l
3.18
25 mg/l
60 mg/l
1000 mg/l

Summary

70% Chardonnay, 30% Tressallier
September 29-30, 2021
July 22, 2022
Natural cork Francisco Sagrera 49/24
2 070 bottles
14 hl/ha
12.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

Chardonnay 2 months in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest), Tressallier 2 months in stainless steel tank. Gentle lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.

9 months in stainless steel tank for both varieties
Not fined, not filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

1.7 g/l
3.93
25 mg/l
53 mg/l
1100 mg/l

Summary

70% Chardonnay, 30% Tressallier
September 14-16, 2020
September 3, 2021
Natural cork Francisco Sagrera 49/24
3 250 bottles
28 hl/ha
13.5% vol