Domaine Michel Redde - Barre à Mine 2022
Domaine Michel Redde & Fils is located in Saint-Andelain, in the Pouilly-Fumé appellation in the Loire Valley. The Redde family has been working the vineyard since 1630. In the early 1950s, Michel Redde and his wife Simone bought, cleared and planted vines to expand the family property. In 1977, Thierry Redde, their son, joined his parents to bring his new ideas, and decided in 2001 to expand the cellar on three levels to vinify by gravity. In 2003 and 2005, Sébastien and Romain, Thierry's sons, took part in the family adventure and perpetuated the traditional style of the estate, while adopting new working methods. The philosophy of the estate is to transcribe the best expression of the grape variety, the terroir and the vintage. Today, the vineyard cultivated using sustainable agriculture extends over 42 hectares, in the Pouilly-sur-Loire and Pouilly-Fumé appellations.
Barre à Mine is made from Sauvignon Blanc from an old quarry of Albian red flint and kaolinite clay. The 4.5 hectares of this plot were planted manually with a crowbar, which requires tough work. Vinification and aging are carried out in tuns and demi-muids for 14 to 16 months on fine lees .
Grape variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
