*New* 47 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc AC 2010
Champ Morel

Grape:80% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne (12.5% alc.)

Martine Vandre’s white Crozes is made from classic mix of 25 year old marsanne and roussanne aged in two thirds cuve and one third oak (three to eight year old barrels). It offers hints of apricot, quince and mango on the nose, which follow through on the palate, where the controlling influence of limestone helps retain a freshness and dynamism. Available September. For drinking now to 2013.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Martine Vandre
Location:	Quartier de la Beaume, Chanos Curson
Size of domaine:	26 hectares of which 3.5 ha are for white.
Grape:	80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne trained to Cordon –Royat with an average age of 15 years to 25 years old and a plant density of 5-6,000 vines per hectare.
Terroir:	Argilo calcaire- soil ploughed and grassed. Altitude of 130 metres
Viticulture:	De-buds and green harvests. Ploughs and grows grass in places. Prevents oidium with sulphur. ‘Bio’ treatment for pests. Organic fertiliser only. Manual harvest. Yield of 40H/Ht
Vinification:	Fermentation for 2-3 weeks in 50% in cuve and 50% in fûts (10 yr old 228ltr). Indigenous yeasts. Temperature held at around 15C. Pneumatic press. No heating of the cellars for the malo. Kept on lees. Full malolactic. Use their own bottling line. 14,000 bottles. Bottled in May.
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