Vins de la Madone IGP Urfé Sauvignons Gris et Blanc 2022 leithaberg This cracking dry sparkling wine

This cracking dry sparkling wine is 100% Chardonnay from a single parcel of vines just north of the Chermette cellars at a place called Le Bois-d’Oingt

There is a lovely dark spice component on the nose

sourced from vineyards near the famed town of Castiglione Falletto

Good length and very dry to the end

Vins de la Madone IGP Urfé Sauvignons Gris et Blanc 2022 leithaberg This cracking dry sparkling wineThis smokin white is drawn from a small vineyard perched on the side of the Purchon volcano in the Ctes du Forez (upper Loire Valley). The blend is 60% Sauvignon Gris and 40% Sauvignon Blanc from vines planted in 2011 in the regions volcanic rock (basalt) soils. The wine ferments with wild yeasts in stainless steel tank, and Gilles Bonnefoy generally blocks malolactic conversion to harness as much energy as possible. The result is a wonderfully juicy,