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Buis d'Aps Pinot Noir
Buis d’Aps is a locality of the municipality of Alba La Romaine. The Pinot Noir is grown here on south facing hillsides with very good sun exposure in shallow clay-limestone soils akin to the terroir of Burgundy.
This wine is the result of a rigorous work: limited yields (50hl/ha), thinning at the beginning of the summer and exclusively manual harvesting. After a long maceration lasting 2 to 3 weeks, part of the harvest is aged in oak barrels.
Additional Information
Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir
Alcohol/VOL: 12.5%
Vintage: 2018
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of ripe fruit, especially cherry, and hints of spices and rounded and ample palate. An elegant wine of great character with silky tannins and slight oaky notes.
Air one hour before drinking to allow the aromas to express themselves.
This Pinot goes with deli meats and cold buffets and will drink with many red and white meat dishes and cheese.
Drink in 3-4 years
The Producer
Vignerons Ardéchois
Vignerons Ardechois – UVICA – is a co-operative situated near Ruoms on the right bank of the Rhone, west of Montelimar between Lyon and Avignon. Formed over 30 years ago it has bought together 23 smaller co-operatives from 23 villages. It is the largest single wine producer in the Rhone, representing 3,000 growers with 8,500 ha of vineyards. Annual production is over 500,000 hectolitres – mainly varietal IGP Ardeche (formally Vin de Pays des Coteaux de l’Ardeche) but also AOC wines of Cotes du Rhone, Coteaux du Tricastin and Cotes du Vivarias. EU funding and a growing awareness of modern vinification techniques have encouraged the Co-ops to invest in state of the art technology, actions from which they have clearly benefitted.