2024 Catherine et Pierre Breton, 'La Dilettante', Vouvray, Loire, France Ampeleia Walla Walla Valley

Walla Walla Valley

) Aged for four months in 2/3 stainless steel and 1/3 in used French oak barrels

The fruit is 100% destemmed after strict sorting

the finish is creamy and broad

this part of Lodi used the name Black Malvasia for what we know

2024 Catherine et Pierre Breton, 'La Dilettante', Vouvray, Loire, France Ampeleia Walla Walla Valley40 year chenin off a limeston portion of the estate. While Catherine and Pierre work together in the vines and the cellar for all the Breton wines, the Vouvrays are Catherines pet project (along with the Bourgueil Dilettante below). The wine comes from 40 year old Chenin Blanc vines planted in flinty soil. A very gentle pressing is followed by a short vinification in stainless steel. There is no maloactic fermentation and the wine is bottled in the