Pichot Vouvray demi - sec “Clos Berger” 2022 - Caravan Wines & Spirits

Domaine Pichot

Pichot Vouvray demi-sec “Clos Berger” 2022

Style Wine France White
Producer Domaine Pichot
Origin Loire
$41 / btl
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What it tastes like.

Made from one hectare of old vines located above the village further north of the domaine and its main vineyards of Coteau de la Biche in the vallee de Nouys. Just 13 gms/litre of residual sugar. Beautifully intense and fine with great length. Demi-sec Vouvray is, after sparkling Vouvray, the most popular wine of the appellation and perhaps the most typical showing chenin blanc at it most perfumed and expressive with just delicate sweetness balancing the lively acidity and giving great length and also ageing capacity to the wines. Demi-sec wines tasted at the domaine going back into the 1950’s are simply a revelation and among the great wines we will taste in any year. The wine is so versatile with so many foods and also so delicious as a lip smacking aperitif there really is no excuse for this wine not being in every cellar and every fridge - the only limitation being that just 2400 bottles were produced in 2020..!!
2022 not yet reviewed - the following review for 2020 vintage
”From a single-hectare parcel, the 2020 Demi-Sec Clos Berger presents a fine, floral nose. Fermented in stainless steel, preserving the bright pineapple and pear fruit. Easy to like and to drink. Pure, fresh and fruit-forward. Lovely balance and freshness despite the sweetness. Youthful but already drinking well.” Vinous Media, March 2021
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About Domaine Pichot.

Loire ·Est. 1770

Domaine Pichot is a Vouvray family estate established in its current form in 1996 by Jean-Claude Pichot, with vineyard holdings in the Pichot family since 1770. The estate works around 25 hectares of Chenin Blanc across Coteau de la Biche, Le Peu de la Moriette and Le Marigny.

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Why Caravan backs Domaine Pichot

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The Pichots are one of the oldest families in Vouvray. They began as restaurateurs in 1739 and bought the Coteau de la Biche vineyards in 1770 to supply the restaurant, which made them growers. Christophe Pichot makes the wine today.

Their holdings are unusually well placed, almost all at the top of the village. The largest is the Coteau de la Biche itself, in the prime Vallée de Nouys, facing south-east and ideally suited to drier styles. The family also owns most of Le Marigny, a premier coteau site just above the village opposite Clos du Bourg, eight hectares of which Christophe acquired in 1984. Clos Cartaud, Clos Saint-Mathurin and Clos Berger complete the picture. These are among the finest sites in the appellation.

Twenty-eight hectares are farmed, with grass grown between the rows to take moisture and vigour out of the vines. The estate is certified HVE3 and certified organic, and is converting to biodynamics. The still wines are fermented at low temperature in stainless steel with a small portion in used barrels, about a tenth for the sec, a fifth for the demi-sec and more for the sweet wines, then aged six months on fine lees before bottling. Around 12,000 dozen a year, across dry, demi-sec and sweet styles, with the demi-secs in particular ageing beautifully.

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