Chardonnay IGP, Château Saint-Bénézet

Grower: Yann Soulairac and Elise Bosse-Platiere

Age of Vines: 35 years old

Grapes: 100% Chardonnay

Village: Vias

Region: Rhône Valley

Soil: Siliceous pebbles

Production Methods: Hand harvests and organic farming methods with no chemicals used at the vineyard. Pneumatic slow pressing with fermentation at low temperature and constant monitoring by an oenologist.

Special Features: Terroir formed by a large terrace with some Quartz rolled pebbles from ancestral sediment of the Rhone and Durance river. These pebbles return the heat collect with the sun during the day over the night balanced by the marine wind from the Mediterranean Sea which provides perfect conditions for each cycle of the vines.

Country: France