Winemaker: Jean-Baptiste Duquesne
AOC: Graves
Vintage: 2022
Vol: 12.1 %
RS: 0 g/L
S02:  mg/L
Total Production:  bottles
Grape: 70% Sémillon, 30% Sav Blanc
Vine Age:  years
Soils: Sand (Peyron), Galets (Cazebonne)
Vegan: Yes
Allergens: None
Closure: Cork + Foil
Drinking Window: 1 - 3 years
Ethos: Certified BIO, Demeter
 
Producer: Jean-Baptiste Duquesne is a Bordeaux Pirate, shaking up the conventions of Bordeaux bureaucracy and challenging the status quo. After his selling his French cuisine recipe sharing website, he wrote the book "Bordeaux: Une Histoire de Cépages" which is a detailed history of 19th Century grape varieties in the Bordeaux.
Obsessed, he turned Château de Cazebonne into the largest library of ancestral grape varieties, such as: Mancin, Castets, Bouchalès, St-Macaire, Jurancon noir, Mérille, Béquignol, Pardotte, Gros Cabernet, Petit Péjac, Sauvignonasse, Penouille…. He has already planted 26 of the recognised historical varieties and aims to have all 57 planted by 2030...
 
Vinification: Sauvignon harvested 30/8/22, Sémillon on 7/9/22. The final blend is dominated by Sémillon from the Cazebonne (galets) parcel (70%), supplemented by Sauvignon from Peyron (sand), harvested fresh. The wine is Co-Fermented of which half undergoes a 20-day maceration in stainless steel.