Savoie
Améthyste - 2020 - Brice Omont
Domaine des Ardoisières
A nose of blueberry, dried roses, and peony... Very juicy and crisp, this is suave, complex and surprising wine!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Allobroges IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2031
- rock’n’roll
Blend of 60% Persan and 40% Mondeuse Noire, from vines grown organically and planted on a soil of schist and mica on the Coteau de Cevins. The extreme slope (as steep as 60%) does not allow for the use of any machinery, so alml the work is done by hand, with yields around 20 hl/ha. Vinification is done in vats, with a maceration lasting 2 to 3 weeks, indigenous yeasts, and maturation for more than a year in barrels of two or three wine. Bottled at the Estate in January 2022 with a tiny pinch of sulfur.
Brice Omont
Brice Omont, child of the 1976 vintage, has created a cru in the mountainside. In the 1990s, they started cutting back the forest, rebuilding the ancient terraces and planting grapes anew... and so was born a very unique vineyard, the Coteau de Cevins. The early years were difficult indeed, but this was an immense human undertaking, since he was supported by the wine people of the region and...
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