Les Barrelieres Négrette

L’Oree du Sabia · Vendée, France

This cuvée is made from 100% Négrette, a native variety from Vendée. This extremely fragile variety is difficult to cultivate and can be lost to Botrytis within 24 hours when it is ripe. However, with the alliance of appropriate care and meticulous viticulture it can give exceptional results.

Farming
2020 vintage = 3rd year of organic conversion

Harvest type
Hand harvest

Varietal
Négrette

Age of Vineyeard
Planted around 1992

Vessel
18 months with 2/3rds of the wine in a concrete vat and 1/3rd in 228 and 400 liter oak barrels

Vineyard Yield
35 hl/ha

Soil Type
Quartz, schisty sandstones, phtanites from the silurian age and rhyolites

Annual production
3500 bottles

Vinification
Grapes are harvested at full maturity and strictly hand-sorted both in the vines and in the cellar on a sorting table. 100% of the grapes are destemmed. 3-weeks maceration, extraction undertaken by infusions, pump-overs and a light punch-down. Cold pre-fermentary maceration and low-temperature fermentation with indigenous yeast. After maceration, we use a vertical press with different pressure stages. Wine is tasted at each stage so as to determine when to stop pressing. Free-flow juices and press juices are fermented and matured separately. Tastings are then organised so as to determine the best possible blend balance.