Reynon is the home property of Denis and Florence Dubourdieu and is situated on a perfect south-facing slope at Beguey in the Entre-Deux-Mers. Denis is a noted professor of oenology at Bordeaux University specialising in white wines, and now advises many prestigious estates, like Yquem and Batailley in Bordeaux and Jaboulet and Grillet in the Rhône. They treat their vines with as much care as they would a Sauternes vineyard picking by hand at perfect ripeness.
87 % Sauvignon blanc, 13% Sémillon
Hand-harvesting is performed in general in one time and if it's required in 2 selective pickings of golden grapes with an aromatic optimum stage. After an eventual phase of skin contact, a slow juice extraction is performed, protected from the oxidation process. Free run must is strictly separated from press must and their clarification undergoes by natural settling. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats. Ageing on lees in tanks last 5 to 7 months before bottling
The soil quality, moderate production, fine wine-making process makes it possible to obtain an elegant dry white wine, at once complex and tasty with grapefruit and white peach aromas, with mineral and smoky hints, with a remarkable aging potential in bottle over several years.
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