Coteaux du Layon Saint Lambert
This wine has a very nice mellow balance. The sweetness of the botrytis is balanced by the acidity of the chenin and the great bitters of our schist terroirs. The finish is thus digestible and pure.
This Coteau du Layon Saint Lambert is the most emblematic wine of the historical know-how of our estate, that of the Chenin over-ripening, concentrated by Botrytis, the famous "noble rot" and the production of sweet or syrupy wine. We are here in Saint Lambert du Lattay on the left bank of the Layon, on sandstone schist terroirs. The very stony soils and the autumn mists on the Layon make our hillsides a magical place for the development of Botrytis or noble rot.
Here a whole know-how is implemented. We harvest by cutting the overripe grapes from the bunches, concentrated by noble rot. For this sweet wine, the objective is not a very high concentration of grapes but a balance of freshness and aromatic radiance. To achieve this, we multiply the passages, the sorting, approximately one per week throughout the month of October and we harvest grapes at the beginning of their concentration.