Nicolas Renard - 2017 VdF, ‘J’, Sauvignon Blanc

Price: $53.00
Size: 750ml
Availability: 

Out of stock

Type of Wine: White
Grape(s): 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Style: Mineral, Elegant and Aromatic

GROWER OVERVIEW

Now in his sixties, Nicolas Renard is one of the natural wine movement’s quiet godfathers. All his vineyards are tended in an organic and natural way, and his wines are slow fermentations that often take more than half a decade to finish. Sulfites, finings, and filtrations are not used with any of his wines. Nicolas and his wines are famous in the Japanese underground natural wine market and his production levels are no more than a few hundred cases per year.

VINEYARD DETAILS

Sauvignon J is 100% Sauvignon Blanc from middle-aged parcels planted on a gentle slope at 80m on tuffeau limestone bedrock very rocky topsoil of flint/silex and clay.

CELLAR NOTES

Sauvignon J was naturally fermented from 2017 until April 2023 in ancient, 228-liter French oak barrels where after reaching complete dryness it was bottled without fining, filtration, or any added sulfites at any time.