2019 Vignobles Pueyo "Achillea" Blanc, Vin de France Marie-Charlotte Pinelli Upon entry

Upon entry

The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered under crown cap

as Achillea veers far from the mainstream grass-and-gooseberries of most Sauvignon Blanc

” A true value here

2019 Vignobles Pueyo "Achillea" Blanc, Vin de France Marie-Charlotte Pinelli Upon entryThe 2019 "Achillea" is pure Sauvignon Blanc from asterie limestone a reference to the fossilized starfish ("asterisks") found throughout the soil here. Christophe harvests it fully ripe, conducts a natural fermentation in used 500 liter barrels, and allows the wine to develop for 18 months in those same barrels. Nothing is added except 20 mg L of sulfur toward the end of the elevage, and malolactic fermentation is allowed to occur. This last point is