Jérôme Lambert | Anjou

Red wine
Grolleau
40-years old vines on sandy loam soil
Whole-bunch maceration for two weeks
Aged 9-months in fiberglass vat

Translucent limpid ruby red right to the core. High-pitched aromatics feature raspberry, red cherry, cranberry and a hint of fresh forest pine. Really sapid and mouthwatering, but also with a solid midpalate density that drives a long finish. Kinetic juice with a solid poise. A serious table wine that balances wildness and finesse. A delightful counterpoint to the 2020. You can see the base semblance but the personality is opposite, a pristine mirror of the vintage. No SO2 added.

Red wine
Grolleau
Whole-bunch maceration for two weeks
Aged 9-months in fiberglass vat

From 40-years old vines planted on sandy loam soil. Deep, intense and complex, showcasing the vintage’s maturity and meticulous farming. Dark cherries, raspberry, pine and a touch of pepper, meaty and juicy. Floral notes emerge with aeration. Serious, mature, savoury but fresh and pretty too. No SO2 added.

Sparkling rosé (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Gamay, Grolleau
Direct press
24-months on-lees in bottle

Very pretty blush. Pure and zippy, yet soft and rounded. More vinous than natty. Cranberry, cherry and blood orange, quenching like natural spring water. A brilliant aperitif and remarkably gastronomic, particularly for delicate meats. The master’s touch is unmistakable in its innate elegance. Zero sulphite added.

Sparkling wine (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Chenin Blanc
40-yo vines planted on schist
12-months on-lees in bottle

Ultra pure and perfectly mature, so natural and so healing. It keeps drawing you in. A slight reduction, a touch of smoke, then honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, talcum powder and pear. Crystalline, laser-focused and vinous, but also tender and succulent despite its elevated kinetic energy. A brilliant testimony from one of the region’s foremost zero-zero heroes and indisputable master of pét-nat. A cult. No SO2 added.

Sparkling wine (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Chenin Blanc
Magnum (1.5-L bottle) only
40-yo vines planted on schist
48-months on-lees in bottle

An aromatic fireworks: flint, smoke, honey, stones, talcum powder, pear, apples and bone broth. In the mouth it is opulent, and palate-saturating. Impossible to believe this is pét-nat; its complexity and multi-layered dimensionality will give any top Chenins a serious challenge. Its electric core is wrapped in sap and silk; a vinous sensorial stimulation unlike any other. From a small stash of undisgorged magnums were recently found in an odd corner in Jérôme‘s bunker-cellar. No SO2 added. We have run out of words. Simply magical.