La Ferme de Jeanne Bugey Pinot Noir 2021

La Ferme de Jeanne Bugey Pinot Noir 2021Press 4 Red May 2023 Direct Press Selection Much of Bugey's vineyard land was replanted in the second half of the 20th century with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Gamay instead of favoring local varieties that were considered too difficult and inconsistent, as Poulsard, Mondeuse, and Altesse were thought to be. It's not the worst news in terms of the region's ability to craft stupidly delicious, unpretentious wines, however. Ferme de la Jeanne is a nine

The grapes were harvested by hand and destemmed

Much of Bugey's vineyard land was replanted in the second half of the 20th century with Pinot Noir

When we say a wine is wild we usually mean it's got a rustic feel

and these guided him down this new road of massive learning curves

in liter bottles to celebrate their youthful energy

light-bodied and supremely easy drinking

whole cluster and semi-carbonic

wildlife and how agriculture impacts them

losing water and wrinkling through a natural concentration process

Pierpaolo and his team also tie the vines using dried herbs instead of the more commonly used plastic

leaving basalt that would later be exposed on hillsides

a white grape with DNA from several Muscats