Brézème

100% Roussanne. From vines planted in 2003 from Texier old-vine cuttings, facing south on the Brézème slope on limestone marl soils. The farming is certified-organic and harvest is manual. Whole-cluster press with spontaneous fermentation and no sulfur in cement tanks; aging of 6-8 months on fine lees in concrete, no stirring; bottled without fining or filtration and with a very small amount of sulfur. A rich and textured aromatic white. Eric Texier A Bordeaux native who has lived in or around Lyon since 1979, Eric is a jovial, energetic and fun-loving person who wants his wines to make their drinkers happy. But he is also a boundary pusher, endlessly questioning his own work (and, let's be honest, that of others) for the sake of moving viticulture and winemaking forward. Eric is a trailblazer, putting all the but extinct regions of Brézème  and Saint Julien en Saint Alban on the map. He experiments with concepts you rarely if ever hear about elsewhere: finding acidity in Marsanne thro