2021 Produttori del Barbaresco "Pora", Piedmont, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE From the winemaker: "The two thousand and twenty one vintage began with a mild winter, though plenty of rain and two snow storms ensured an excellent supply of water, which proved to be essential over the course of the rest of the season, mainly dry. A mild month of March was followed by a cooler than average April and May, with limited rainfall and chilly nights and brisk mornings until the beginning of June. Despite the cool Spring

We enjoy this wine both as an aperitif and as a complement to sushi

and meticulous attention to detail

Daniel-Etienne Defaix releases his wine to the market only after obtaining several years of bottle age at which point the market has the pleasure of having access to wines that more fully express the remarkable and unique terroir that is Chablis

farming sustainably and fermenting with native yeasts

In September and mid-October the weather was good but always with some scattered rain

The wines were then transferred to neutral 227L barriques or blended together in stainless steel

Alcoholic fermentation takes place in traditional concrete vats

and in some vintages also Zweigelt

the grape harvest is exclusively manual

Yann has farmed this parcel biodynamically since 2015 and alternates soil tillage and controlled natural grassing

Stimulated by the challenge and the potential of the property

While it represents a more easygoing and immediate expression of Gamay meant for earlier drinking