The Story
This wine is made of 100% Melon de Bourgogne. We would pair this lovely wine with oysters - but hold the lemon, the wine will supply the citrus - or Szechuan Chicken Lo Mein. With a lower alcohol content and aging done "its lees", Château-Thebaud has a lovely soft texture with lemon/lime and mineral notes. Clos des Morines is a lieu-dit in the cru of Château Thébaud. It came into Pépière world via Marc Ollivier's partner Rémi Branger, whose father farmed it two parcels of it for decades. The soils are of granite de Thébaud meaning more nutrients for the vines, cooler soil temperature, slower ripening, better water retention and a porosity that allows the roots to go deep to the hard granite mother rock.
Description
This wine is made of 100% Melon de Bourgogne. We would pair this lovely wine with oysters - but hold the lemon, the wine will supply the citrus - or Szechuan Chicken Lo Mein. With a lower alcohol content and aging done "its lees", Château-Thebaud has a lovely soft texture with lemon/lime and mineral notes. Clos des Morines is a lieu-dit in the cru of Château Thébaud. It came into Pépière world via Marc Ollivier's partner Rémi Branger, whose father farmed it two parcels of it for decades. The soils are of granite de Thébaud meaning more nutrients for the vines, cooler soil temperature, slower ripening, better water retention and a porosity that allows the roots to go deep to the hard granite mother rock.
