Tombée du Ciel 2024 Producer|Olivier Cousin

Tombée du Ciel 2024 Producer|Olivier CousinAt once airy and lifted, but with an unmistakable depth and concentration, for us this is Gamay at its best. The diurnal temperature fluctuations at this altitude draw a diffused perfume, and the granite keeps the acidity tightly wound. Beautifully supple and fluid in texture, with powdery tannins and deep, dark maraschino cherry fruit. The longer maceration brings a multilayered complexity alongside the higher register aromatics and salty minerals

wooden fermenters

flecked with medicinal sage and clove

the perfume a little more lifted

'Cerreto' is the local name for Malvasia di Candia

the fruit feeling less to the fore

An initial fresh crunch

it glows a luminous ruby with peppery

It can be harvested very late in the season whilst retaining high acidity and

Bold and ripe with a balanced creaminess that doesn't knock your head off with oak

cloudy sparkling wine that sings with flavours of blood orange

After three weeks of fermentation

tropical fruit notes immediately jump out alongside wild flowers