La Soufrandière | Burgundy | “La Carbonnode” Zen VdF | 2022 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for La Soufrandière “La Carbonnode” Zen VdF 2022 (bio)

Wine Information

The La Bonnode vineyard borders the La Combe Desroches vineyard and covers two hectares at an altitude of 250 m, facing east, at the foot of the Roche de Vergisson. The 35-year-old vines are largely surrounded by mature shrubs. The soils of limestone marl and light clay are ideal for Chardonnay. The harvest took place on September 2, 2022. The Chardonnay, named Carbonnode—a portmanteau of Carbonique (fermentation) and La Bonnode (terroir)—was fermented for nine days in semi-carbonique maceration, pressed, and then completed in barriques. It then aged for 17 months in foudres and 228-liter pièces. The total sulphur content is 26 mg/l, and the pH is 3.48.

Colour

light amber

Nose

With the 2022 La Carbonnode, the Bret brothers present a fourth wine made from the same grapes as the Climat La Bonnode. But this one differs even more significantly from the other three. No wonder, given that it’s a version that spent nine days in the skins. It smells of mellow apples and pears, a hint of beeswax and ginger, light tobacco, and apple peel, complemented by bitter oranges with peel.

Palate

On the palate, La Carbonnode is a very unusual Burgundy. What puts it on a par with the other three versions of La Bonnode is its clear, precise, agile, and impressively punchy acidity for a vintage like 2022, along with a completely different mouthfeel thanks to light tannins, as well as a completely different aroma of beeswax, sweet apricot, candied orange peel, and some windfall fruit. The wine offers a long, calm flow, where the acidity creates rapids. A special experience.

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Producer website: https://www.bretbrothers.com/lasoufrandiere.php