Description
"Dry Chenin from Le Facteur's 90+ year old vines. Gentle press follows ageing in old french barriques and bottled with minimal sulphur. A tone of drive behind this one.
Le Facteur, translating to ‘The Postman’, is a dynamic partnership between Mathieu Cosme, an established biodynamic Loire producer working under the moniker ‘Domaine de Beaumont’ who has already gained a strong following in his own right, and his once-importer Fabien Brutout. Fabien first joined Mathieu back in 2008 to help in the vineyards and after the two quickly become fond of one another the duo decided to start Le Facteur, a pursuit for making unadulterated Pet-Nat from Vouvray and following their passion for hands-off winemaking.
Based in Vouvray the two nowadays manage 10 hectares of Chenin planted on clay and limestone at 121 meters above sea-level, much of which sits at 90 years old and is all managed biodynamically. Picking is all done by hand, wines are fermented with indigenous yeast along with zero additions bar minimal sulphur inputs at bottling for some of the wines." - Importer's Notes
