Alice et Olivier de'Moor Nuova Descriptio 2022, 2 pack
Alice et Olivier de'Moor Nuova Descriptio 2022, 2 pack
- Alice et Olivier de'Moor Nuova Descriptio 2022 ($111)
- Michel Gahier Arbois Chardonnay Les Crêts 2020 ($99)
Alice et Olivier de'Moor Nuova Descriptio 2022
Alice and Olivier made the decision in 2022 to no longer make their Saint Bris wine (a cuvée they sometimes called Sans Bruit, when they made it a Vin de France). Instead, they have made a new cuvée called Nuova Descriptio (or “new description”), which is also a Vin de France.
Olivier, who designed and drew the label, saw the words on a Vermeer painting and it seems very appropriate as it’s a new way of working with the grapes from an existing vineyard. The wine is a blend of all the Sauvignon Blanc from Saint-Bris (and also the small amount of Sauvignon Gris in the same vineyard which was also part of the Saint Bris), part of which was aged in amphora and part in tank, a tank of Aligoté macerated for 12 days, and 3 barrels of Chitry Chardonnay. The reason for the change is related to climate change. The Saint-Bris / Sans Bruit cuvée has given them much grief in recent years because of difficult fermentations. The de Moors believe that the extreme summer heatwaves of recent years are disrupting yeast populations and generally making fermentation more difficult and the heat also, particularly for the Sauvignon Blanc, increases the degrees of alcohol to such an extent that in some years it is impossible to ferment dry. They think that involving macerated juice will improve the chance of a successful fermentation and that the blending has made a wine that has nice tension and balance.
