Volcanic Loire white wine! A chubby Chardonnay.
Cool Caaaaaaat whispers the secrets of Auvergne volcanoes. Its golden colour, like a captive sunbeam, sparkles with exotic promise. This wine is the caress of a summer memory, the fleeting shadow of a ripe pineapple bathed in sunshine and tropical adventure. Each sip is a still journey, a slow escape, an invitation to drift away. Cool Caaaaaaat is the song of a golden wind, the murmur of vine leaves, the subdued light of a volcanic twilight.
Cuvée: Cool Caaaaaaat
Colour: White
Region: Volcanic Loire
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Appellation: Vin de France
Vintage: 2023
Alcohol: 12.5%
Size: 75cl
Vin Nature
Tasting
Eye: golden yellow colour with golden highlights
Nose: pineapple, grilled almond, candied lemon
Palate: a smooth fleshiness that lingers and gently unfolds its exotic aromas. The ripe pineapple flavour floods the palate, with infinite delight. It is a slow dance of sensations, hugging the palate and finishing in a mineral envelope.
Terroir
Granite terroir, with a majority of sand and a bit of clay, east-facing vineyard, average altitude of 450m.
Winemaking process
Biodynamic viticulture. Hand-picked harvest, with grapes sorted on the vine.
Direct pressing, light settling, spontaneous fermentation (indigenous yeasts) in 500L barrels (4/5) and concrete tank (1/5), vinification without added sulphites, bottling without filtration, addition of a micro-dose of sulphites before bottling (<10mg/L). The ingredients used are simple: healthy grapes.
Blended after 7 months on fine lees, then bottled according to the cycles of the Moon.
Winemaker
This wine is a “four- hand”, created by Christophe Kaczmarek and Romain Paire, winegrower at Domaine des Pothiers, in the Côte Ronnaise AOP (a part of Auvergne called the “Volcanic Loire”).
As always with Caaaaaaat, the wines are vinified, blended, bottled and packaged on the estate. From the vine to the cellar, everything is done with respect, with the aim of regenerating the soils, encouraging biodiversity and respecting the people who are part of it.
Tasting
4-6°
Main
pairing
Not advised
for dogs
