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Marie et Vincent Tricot, Escargot 2024
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Producer: Marie & Vincent Tricot
Region: Auvergne
Grapes: Chardonnay
Style: White
ALC: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A classic from the Tricots, Chardonnay from a south-facing plot planted in 1999, pressed off and aged for a year in a mix of fûts and stoneware jars. Escargot 2024 is leaner, with a stony mineral core. The fruit was picked in 2 stages - early in the harvest, and one much later, so riper - which brings an opulent, creamy quality to the wine.
Region: Auvergne
Grapes: Chardonnay
Style: White
ALC: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A classic from the Tricots, Chardonnay from a south-facing plot planted in 1999, pressed off and aged for a year in a mix of fûts and stoneware jars. Escargot 2024 is leaner, with a stony mineral core. The fruit was picked in 2 stages - early in the harvest, and one much later, so riper - which brings an opulent, creamy quality to the wine.
Orcet - Auvergne
Vincent and Marie had worked in Beaujolais in the 1990s and were heavily influenced by the work of Jules Chauvet, Marcel Lapierre et al. In a quest for the terroir and vines with which to work in this same spirit, they moved to the Auvergne in 2002. They started off with 4.5 hectares and over the years have planted another 5 or so. They have plots of Gamay d'Auvergne, Pino
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