Grapes: Aligote
Region: Burgundy, France
Vintage: 2022
Viticulture: Organic
Soils: Limestone
Yeasts: Native
Vinification: The fruit is harvested by hand, destemmed, gently pressed and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in tank. The wine goes through malo and is aged on its lees without bâtonnage or racking in a mix of enameled-lined steel tanks and used barrels for close to a year
Aging: 1 year
Fining or Filtering: None
Notes from the Importer: Le Vendangeur Masqué is a sidecar project of Alice and Olivier de Moor, which arose as a creative response to consecutive years of frost and hail damage that wiped out much of their fruit. The Caravan is a road-tripping blend of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc from neighbouring growers, as well as some of their own Aligoté grapes and a sizeable portion of Riesling from Alsace. This interesting melange is still very much de Moor in style and taste, though with intensified aromatics and a beautiful line of acid from the Riesling. White Burgundy with a twist!
