Domaine Bärtschi - Sous les Rochers la Vigne – Chardonnay – 2019

$36.00

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Domaine Bärtschi - Sous les Rochers la Vigne – Chardonnay – 2019

Name: Domaine Bärtschi - Sous les Rochers la Vigne – Chardonnay – 2019
Brand: Barrel Down Selections
SKU: BARSLRCH19
Price: 36.00 USD
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Full of the minerality, freshness and tension you would expect from cool climate, deficit soils like these below the cliff of Manicle! Picked early to maintain acid and bright fruit flavors, and using only 30% oak, all used, this wine grown at the same latitude as its Savoie cousins, is a delicious introduction to the wines of Bugey and the region’s crown vineyard, Manicle.

Cool Climate

3rd Generation

Organic

$36.00

Wine Details

Appellation Cru Manicle
Variety Chardonnay
Vintage 2019
Vine Age 40 years
Elevation 400m
Soil Limestone, Marlstone
Yield 5t/ha
Vinification Steel/Oak
Aging ---
Alcohol 13.5%
Farming Practices Certified Organic

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Clément Bartschi is a native son of Bugey, a rich winegrowing region nestled between Savoie and the Jura in eastern France, equidistant between Lyon and Geneva. Bugey is a beautiful landscape of sheer limestone cliffs and the emerging Alps. Here mountain influenced Chardonnay and Pinot thrive along with native varieties like Altesse and Mondeuse. It is Bugey’s most famed vineyard, Cru Manicle, that Clément has recently returned to, convinced by the terroir of his under-the-radar home.

Clément is a local boy who has made good in the wider wine world, with time spent at the venerated Domaine Romanée-Conti, before becoming a winemaker at M. Chapoutier, one of the Rhone Valley’s most respected domaines, where today he is head winemaker.

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But when Clément, leaning on his local connections, discovered that one of the growers (there are just three!) on Cru Manicle was planning to retire he jumped at the chance to purchase their parcels, convert them to organic agriculture and begin making wines close to his heart and in his family’s ancestral backyard.

Cru Manicle sits at 400m and covers a small south facing mountain slope on the very southern apex of the Jura mountain range which separates France from Switzerland. Here the lime and marl rocky soils retain morning heat while cool nights maintain acidity and freshness in the grapes. Clément farms 3 hectares focused on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. His wines exude traditional craft, alpine influence and a deep local understanding of this unspoiled area.

Conversion to organic agriculture was begun in 2019 and will be fully certified for the 2022 vintage.