The Chemin Faisant bottling is from a terraced vineyard of the estate's oldest vines, planted in 1974. Organically farmed, all fruit is hand harvested. Strewn throughout the terraced vines are fruit trees, lilacs and wild herbs. The grapes are destemmed, 3 week concrete vat vinification with no SO2; daily pump over then cap punching by foot, press wine is assembled. Aged in a combination of 80% neutral demi-muids and 20% old barrels for 12 months, then 3-4 months en mass in tank before bottling unfined and unfiltered, without SO2.
