2023 Maison Jaune Savennieres, Loire, France Alvaro Castro delivering ultra-clean bubbles

delivering ultra-clean bubbles

The other half of the grapes were whole cluster pressed the day of

The grapes were destemmed and fermented on the skins for ten days

perfectly south-facing slope is terraced by dry stone walls that demand a rigorous level of labor-intensive care

spicy aromatic final note

2023 Maison Jaune Savennieres, Loire, France Alvaro Castro delivering ultra-clean bubblesFrom one of Savennires most artisanal voices, Maison Jaune was founded in 2013 by Jean Claude Taddei and his wife Lorine as a tiny garagiste project on a single hectare of schist soils in Bouchemaine above the Loire. Taddei a former professor in Angers farms biodynamically and with a Fukuoka inspired minimal intervention ethos, foregoing tilling and embracing natural biodiversity in the vineyard while maintaining organic certification and ultra low