Quarts de Chaume Maria Juby Vin Liquoreux
At a Glance
- Size: Selection from 10.0 ha (24.7 ac)
- Variety: Chenin
- Vine Age: 30-80 years old
- Terroir: Blend of all of the domaine's Chenin parcels
- Viticulture: Certified organic (Ecocert, 2002)
- Vinification: From the first picked botryrised grapes of the harvest. Gently pressed, settled for 24 hours. Ambient yeast fermentation and aging in used Burgundian barrels. Racked to tank to age a few months before bottled. SO2 added after first racking and at bottling.
Additional Info
This cuvée is an homage to Maria Juby, Patrick's great-grandmother who founded the family domaine. It is only produced during exceptional years, and only with the best noble rot bunches from the first round of harvest. Residual sugar is approximately 180 g/L depending on the year.
Production is extremely limited: about 330 bottles are produced.