Propietary Name |
Billet Doux |
Name Meaning |
Love Note |
Varietal composition |
Sémillon (65%)
Sauvignon Blanc (31%)
Muscat à Petits Grains (4%) |
Type of wine |
Late harvest white wine |
Appellation |
Alexander Valley |
Vineyard singularity |
Old vines (25 to 60 years)
Loamy and gravelly soils
One cluster per shoot |
Typical harvest date |
November |
Picking |
Manual, small lugs, refer truck |
Sorting |
Cluster by cluster |
Fermentation |
In barrels, through native yeast |
Upbringing |
16 months
French oak from artisan coopers |
Bottling |
Unfined, filtered to prevent MLF |
Cellaring time |
Decades |
Serving |
Chilled and decanted |