Famaey
Cuvee Z
Our local white wine: for this cuvée we have chosen a short aging process in slightly atypical barrels. The result is a white wine with a beautiful expression of the fruit coated by the fine tannins of the barrel.
Appellation
PGI Côtes du Lot
Grape varieties
90% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Semillon
Average age of vines
25 to 30 years old
Terroir
Old alluvia from the second terrace of the Lot, they are rather decarbonated and made up of gravel and clayey sand with heterogeneous pebbles
Winemaking
Manual harvesting in the early morning, followed by a small skin maceration in the cold. Traditional natural vinification.
No sulphites added during vatting.
Elevage
6 months in Bordeaux barrels (partly new) from Allier – Center France. Slight sulphiting when put into barrels.
