Frétoy is the name of the small village (Lieu-dit) where our vineyard is located.
Grape Variety : 100% Pinot Noir
Terroir : Millefeuille Flint and Villiers Limestones
Age of the vines : 40 years old
Vinification : The whole grape goes into the tank . Then, there is a short fermentation on the skins (about 2 weeks) with daily pumping-over for a maximal extraction.
Free-run juice and press-juice are separately vinified but reassembled for the malolactic fermentation.
A vinification in barrels is not necessary every year. It depends on the vintage.
Bright red color
Light and fruity
Red fruits (Raspberries, cherries, blackcurrants…)
Serve at 14°C
Suggestion: Poached eggs, pork tenderloins with boletus, grilled beef, fillet of duck breast
Indeed, before 1880, the Chasselas grape variety was very present in the vineyard, particularly for the production of table grapes. Thanks to the railway, the grapes traveled from Pouilly to Paris in a few hours and were resold, freshly picked, in Paris. Unfortunately, everything stopped in the 1880s, with the arrival of phylloxera in the vineyard. This insect, which came from America in 1863, ravaged French vines, region after region, for around thirty years, until the vineyards were replanted with American rootstocks, naturally resistant to this little aphid. The Pouilly vineyard, then destroyed by phylloxera, the winegrowers decided to reorient themselves towards Sauvignon Blanc, a grape variety which allows them to produce more complex wines. The vines planted in Chasselas disappear little by little from the vineyard…
