Domaine Philippe Valette - Pouilly Fuissé - Clos de Monsieur Noly
Domaine Philippe Valette is located in the village of Chaintré, in the Mâconnais in Burgundy . From 1990, the couple Philippe and Cécile Valette decided to cultivate their 15 hectares of vines in organic farming , with the principles of biodynamics from 1992 but without certification . Patience is their philosophy: they harvest the grapes at optimum maturity, even if it means reducing yields, and favor long aging in barrels.
Le Clos de Monsieur Noly is a vineyard of approximately 1.5 hectares located on a south-east facing hillside. The grapes are harvested manually and pressed slowly in whole harvest. The juices then undergo a very long aging on fine lees for more than 10 years in oak barrels that have contained between 3 and 5 different wines, before being transferred to vats. It is a blend of grapes harvested in 2009 , completed with a barrel from 2014 and another from 2018 .
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay