Domaine des Ardoisières : Améthyste 2018

Domaine des Ardoisières produces a fine and woody Savoie wine

The estate

Founded in 1998 by Michel Grisard as the replanting of the Cevins hillside, the Domaine des Ardoisières is the star of quality revival in the Savoie wine region. Michel Grisard, an authentic biodynamic winegrower, was joined in 2003 by Brice Omont, an agricultural engineer from the Champagne region, in seeing this ambitious project through. Brice Omont has been running the estate since 2010, along with 12 silent partners.

The wine

Améthyste 2018 is an IGP Vin des Allobroges wine that comes from a vineyard on the slope of Cevins with schistous, silty, shallow soils. The vines, on a slope of up to 60%, are cultivated on terraces and face south.

Winemaking and ageing

Following the harvest, the grapes were sorted by hand then put in open vats without destemming (the entire harvest) to preserve their quality. Alcoholic fermentation took place with indigenous yeasts belonging to each plot of the terroir. Devatting and pressing took place after 2-3 weeks of maceration, according to the vintage. After malolactic fermentation, the wine was funneled into barrels where it aged for 18 months before being bottled.

Blend

Persan (60%)
Mondeuse noire (40%)