Chateaux de Vaux - Septentrion Moselle 2022
Chateaux de Vaux - Septentrion Moselle 2022
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Super aromatic and flavoursome white wine from the Moselle in Northern France, yet made in the traditional Burgundian style giving it surprising power and complexity.
Deliciously aromatic, with notes of white peaches, apricot, fresh butter, hazelnut, Christmas spices, and a touch of honey.
Medium bodied and silky on the palate, balanced between crisp, refreshing acidity and a generous mouthful of fruit weight. Flavours of apricot, fresh butter, hazelnut, and fennel on the foreground, developing into yellow peach, liquorice, and fruity-spices, all harmoniously blending together. Long and smooth on the finish.
Great by itself or served with fish, white meat, or goats cheese!
Carefully selected fruit from older vines is gently pressed before natural fermentation/ageing in large format oak. Malolactic fermentation occurs the following spring and battonage is carried out occasionally for 12 months before bottling.
Producer Grapes |
Molozay Auxerrois (50%) / Pinot Gris (30%) / |
Country Region |
France Moselle |
The Fruit Viticulture |
Estate Grown Organic |
Additions |
Minimal Sulphur |
Weight |
Medium Bodied |
NERD NOTES
Grape varieties:
50% Auxerrois / 30% Pinot Gris / 20% Müller-Thurgau
Vineyard management:
Organic and biodynamic agriculture certified by Ecocert FR-Bio-01
Winemaking:
The fermentations, made from indigenous yeasts, are carried out at low temperature. SEPTENTRION is the result of a very strict selection of the densest and richest wines from our different terroirs.
These wines are powerful enough to withstand 100% aging in barrels, different ages (30% new), different types of toasting and different volumes (400 l, 600 l).
The passage in barrels with stirring is carried out for 12 months. The wines undergo their malolactic fermentation completely.
Vinified according to a more Burgundian method involving malolactic fermentation and all the nobility of aging in oak barrels
ABOUT CHÂTEAU DE VAUX / MOLOZAY
Norbert and Marie-Geneviève Molozay discovered Château de Vaux in 1999, and set about replanting and extending the vineyard using biodynamic farming practices. Now sprawling 14.5 hectares of diverse soils, the vineyards reside among the hills of Vaux, Jussy, Lessy, and Vic-sur-Seille in the complex Moselle region of northeast France.
Norbert has spent many years working in vineyards around the globe, including New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, along with the French wine regions of Burgundy, Beaujolais, Alsace, and Languedoc. Marie-Geneviéve is among the fifth-generation of a family of wine merchants from Metz. She first studied oenology in Dijon, before training as a sommelier at the Université du Vin de Suze-la-Rousse in the Drôme region.
Together, they have applied their scientific knowledge and hands-on experience to produce a manifold collection of wines that capture the terroir of their region, distinct from neighbouring Alsace.
THE REGION
The Moselle AOC is located in North-eastern France near the border of Luxembourg on the Mosel River (known locally as Moselle). At a latitude of 49°N, this is one of France’s northernmost wine producing areas and one of the smallest at only 70ha. The climate is cool, and soils are dominated by limestone with some areas of marl.
Moselle was once a prominent wine region, but having been affected by phylloxera and the first world war, its vineyards were reduced to a mere 10 hectares by 1985, and the savoir-faire of viticulture suited to this geologically complex topography was lost. And so contemporary winemakers like this husband-and-wife team have leaned towards the experimental to craft an exceptional unique expression.
With such small quantities being produced the wines are very rarely seen on the export market. Although the appellation is small, it is steadily growing. The Château de Vaux has been one of the major players in this revival, restoring old plots, clearing hillsides that have been abandoned for 40 years and replanting noble grape varieties on the best sites.