Fruit de la Patience
Sylvain Bock (Ardèche)
Chardonnay • 2018-2019
A blend of Sylvain’s two best barrels of Chardonnay, one from 2018, one from 2019. The grapes came from a limestone soil vineyard not far from his cellar where the vines are aged upto 60 years old and as the name suggests the wines underwent a long and slow fermentation in barrique.
Layers of stone fruit and salty citrus combine elegantly with a flinty reduction. Sadly only made in tiny amounts, this is as good as Chardonnay gets from this part of France and a worthy competitor to other regions.
