2022 Domaine du Gringet Aubeterre, Roussette de Savoie, France Le Piane Géza uses no added yeast

Géza uses no added  yeast

Botanicals are macerated in rice spirit and separately distilled to capture their optimal flavor before blending

Aged in barrel (100% new) for 10 months + 5 months in stainless steel

The average length of maceration was 14 days on skins before being pressed into a mix of neutral French and Oregon oak

We strain and filter the resulting tincture and add organic cane sugar and cochineal to achieve the ruby hue we all love

2022 Domaine du Gringet Aubeterre, Roussette de Savoie, France Le Piane Géza uses no added yeastThe one Altesse made off the estate. Located in the commune of Ayse, the Aubeterre lieu dit is on the same hillside as La Paille. The border between these two terroirs being the Mimonet road, which runs across the slope splitting it into two halves. The vines were planted by Dominique himself in the early 90s on shallow white marl soils. Here Altesse has to work hard to develop a good root system to produce bunches with rather small, yet concentrated