Truculence 2021
Truculence 2021
Sauvignon Blanc macerated on the skins for 6 days before fermentation in old barrels and ageing in terracotta amphora. Lots of tropical fruit with a little honey, apricot, and nuttiness. Not your average Sauvignon Blanc(!) but a fresh and generous skin contact / orange wine that won’t turn off people new to this style of wine.
Style: Still
Colour: Orange(ish)
Producer: Château Barouillet (Vincent Alexis)
Country: France
Region: Bergerac & Monbazillac in Pomport
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Sulphur: Zero added
Cuvée: Truculence
Vintage: 2017
Producer: Chateau Barouillet
Region: France, Bergerac & Monbazillac in Pomport
Style + Colour: Still, White
Grapes/Blend: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 14%
Sulfur: 40 mg/l
A 40-hectare estate, fully organic since 2013. The 8th generation to work at the estate; Vincent Alexis joined his father in 2010 and talked him into bottling their own wines instead of selling them for bulk blending. 25ha are white. Vincent has recently planted lots more traditional grape varieties, Sulphur is only used on bottling for the Bergecrac Blanc and the Monbazillac. Soils are clay on limestone with iron and flint in the Pecharmant vineyards.
