• Puy de L’Ours
  • L’Absurde – Blanc de Noirs

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Pinot Noir
    • Size: Selection of 0.02 ha (0.05 ac)
    • Vine Age: Planted in 1968
    • Terroir: Clay-limestone with white marl, southwest-facing
    • Viticulture: Organic (AB, 2023, Cordon de Royat pruning.
    • Vinification: Pressed with whole clusters, cold settled for 48 hours, ambient yeast fermentation in temperature-controlled tanks, transferred to 228 and 400 L barrels by gravity after 1/3rd of the fermentation is complete, aged for 10-12 months on the lees with occasional batonnages, malolactic conversion stopped 2/3rds through to preserve acidity, SO2 added after malolactic conversion and adjusted before bottling (~50 ppm total), filtered.