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The wine shows a pale gold color with lovely aromas of dried pear, quince, almond, lemon-confit and stone, ripe and a bit honeyed but quite fresh. The palate is quite dense, showing firm acidity and mineral flavors supporting white fruits, citrus, anise and almond, with terrific length.
The Clisson bottling comes from a 50-100-year-old section of vines in Pepière's core vineyard near the winery in the cru of Clisson. Besides vine age, the distinguishing factor is the granite de Clisson, a very hard, compact form of granite. The very poor top soils are decomposed granite de Clisson with very little clay and a lot of quartz and mica over hard mother rock of granite de Clisson. The farming is certified-biodynamic. The hand-harvested bunches are direct-pressed and the juice settled naturally overnight. It is then fermented spontaneously with natural yeasts and aged on its lees for a minimum of 2 years in underground vats. The wine is bottled without fining or filtering. 100% Melon de Bourgogne.