VdP, Arvine Brut Nature, Méta-Phusis - S. Bettschen - 2018

Viticulture

This cuvée comes from a parcel of Petite Arvine in a place called Trémazières, in Chamoson. Located on the upper part of the famous alluvial fan, it is made up of arid and very chalky soil.

Oenology

The harvest took place on 11 September and the grapes averaged 86°Oe. At the press, the heads and tails of the pressings are carefully separated and only the heart of the pressing is used for this cuvée (in the end, less than 50% of the pressing). Fermentation takes place in oak barrels (no new wood), with a small balance in stainless steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation starts at the beginning of the following summer and stops naturally without reaching the end of the process. Ageing continues until September 2019, when the wine is drawn off (without filtration) into the bottle for the prise de mousse. After 41 months on laths, the bottles are disgorged without dosage. The hollow caused by the disgorging is completed by a wine reserve made up of a solera of old wines started with the 2016 vintage.

Suggestions for accompaniment

Aperitif, gougères with Mimolette cheese, fillets of perch meunière.