Style
White
Type

Still

Appellation

Saint-Bris

Varieties

Sauvignon Blanc

Terroir

Limestone

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Vineyard

The caves Bailly Lapierre groups 430 winegrowers who provide the grapes for making Crémant de Bourgogne. During the Jurassic period 250 million years ago, the slow breaking-up of the Pangaean land mass gave rise to the Tethys Sea. Present-day France was completely under water. A few islands emerged, tropical in type, and the landscape would have been like the Caribbean as we know it: an island (now the Morvan), a coral barrier reef (Mailly-le-Château and Arcy-sur-Cure) and a shallow lagoon (Saint-Bris) forming a habitat for shellfish and ichthyosaurs. Slow sedimentation resulted in the build-up of great limestone deposits that erosion later cut away, forming the Yonne valley and the limestone outcrops, more or less deep, that run from Courson-les-Carrières to Châtillon-sur-Seine. Thus the site at Bailly was born.

Vinification

The grapes are harvested as soon as they reach the most desirable level of maturity expected for the vintage. They are pressed on arrival at the press-house. The juices are cleansed cold before the fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, in order to preserve vivacity and aromas. The wine spends 4 months on its lees before it is bottled.

Aging

Average of age of vines: 15 years

Available Sizes (L)

0.750

Distribution Area

Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

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Tasting Note

Pale gold color, limpid and brilliant wine. The bouquet offers a blend of white fruits with a hint of fresh herbs. On aeration, the aromatic palette gives a floral and fruity style with a hint of citrus and blackcurrant flowers. In the mouth, it is fresh with a delicate touch of minerality with the richness of white fruits. Floral and fruity in the end.