• Cyril Courvoisier
  • Saint-Péray Rochette

    At a Glance

    • Variety: 50% Marsanne, 50% Roussanne
    • Vine Age: Planted between 2015 and 2018
    • Surface Area: 0.65 ha (1.61 ac)
    • Terroir: Southeast-facing, 450-480 m altitude, 30% slope, sand and loess soil, granite bedrock.
    • Viticulture: Organic (AB), regenerative, no plowing, grass cover crops, no fertilization, minimum copper treatments (average of 300 g/ha per year).
    • Vinification: Lightly crushed before pressing, 1-week maceration, 10-20-day fermentation started with an ambient yeast pied de cuve, aged for 12 months in sandstone eggs and used barrels, no fining, light filtration, SO2 added after malolactic conversion and before bottling (20-40 ppm total at bottling), bottled and aged for an additional 12 months before release.