Louis et Catherine Poitout : Petit Chablis Village "L'Inextinct Franc de Pied" 2014

The Louis and Catherine L’Inextinct Franc de Pied Petite Chablis is made from a tiny plot of 0.5 hectares of ungrafted vines that are more than 100 years old. Situated on a plateau on the northwestern commune of Villy, the soils of clay retain enough water in the winter making it inhabitable to the phylloxera louse that devastated many vineyards in Europe in the late 19^th century. The Louis and Catherine Inextinct Franc de Pied Petite Chablis is hand harvested and vinified in stainless steel, and remains there until the spring. Extremely lightly fined and filtered, this 100+ year old vine Chablis displays a lovely perfume of minty minerality, lemon, ginger, white almonds with a hint of light red fruits. An extraordinary complex nose characterized by a medium frame on the palate that is elegant yet powerful remaining consistent throughout the long and lengthy finish.