2018 Julien Pineau Sauvignon Blanc Substance, Loire, France Washington Sonoma Mountain

Sonoma Mountain

produced from Chardonnay from her younger vines

where he worked

The fruit is pressed directly and fermented in vat followed by 18 months of elevage in bariques

2018 Julien Pineau Sauvignon Blanc Substance, Loire, France Washington Sonoma MountainThis wine is produced within the Touraine appellation but intentionally declassified to Vin de France. From the oldest Sauvignon Blanc vines in Clos Roche Blanche, planted in 1954 and very low yielding (10hl ha). The name and label of this wine is an homage to the 1987 New Order album Substance. The fruit is pressed directly and fermented in vat followed by 18 months of elevage in bariques. No SO2.