Another beautiful cuvée from Laurent’s Roche Blanche estate. La Pause is made from 100% Gamay from 50-year-old vines. Wonderfully silky, with an abundance of ripe red fruits, a light spice and a real elegant depth. Find out more.
About the Wine
Ça Se Discute, a prime red chiller arriving just in time for Spring. Made using two different varieties of Pineau d'Aunis, regular Aunis and Aunis Tenturier, bought in from outside of Laurent's Clos Roche Blanche domaine. The grapes here coming from Domaine de Cambalu in neigbouring Francueil- just 15 minutes from Laurent. For the 2022 iteration of this cuvée Laurent chose to de-stem the fruit, giving it a ten-day maceration, before ageing in fibreglass tanks to keep the fruit impeccably fresh. The wine is vibrant and bright and feels featherweight on the palate. Alongside beautiful aromatics you’ll find plenty of little red fruits intertwined with just a hint of those cracked white peppercorn notes we love from this varietal.
About Laurent Saillard
Laurent spent a lot of time in New York earlier in his life, managing at Balthazar and starting one of the first natural wine bars in New York, Ici. Eventually he decided to try his hand at producing the wines he had fallen in love with and moved to the Loire valley working with other producers like Noella Morantin, making his own wines on the side and eventually purchasing half of the historic and beautiful Clos Roche Blanche vineyard, farmed organically beforehand by Catherine & Didier Barouillet who still live in the house on site. Through this time he has retained a presence in New York through his wines, even doing an exclusive cuvee for ex-Balthazar head chefs Riad Nasr & Lee Hanson's new spot Frenchette. Fortunately he did save some wine for the UK and we have a few different bottles from his 2018 vintage.
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