Octave 2018 Lorraine if growers are not even

if growers are not even able to have a sustainable life growing grapes then all the talk of having good grapes without the use of chemicals to increase the yields will remain a dream

and when the winemaker has the patience to let the method do its work

black pepper and something close to incense

which tells you what Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit think matters here

Octave 2018 Lorraine if growers are not evenOctave takes its name from the eight terraces its vines occupy on and around Mount Karvounis, and it is the most transparent wine in the Sous le Vgtal range: a gentle direct press, no skins, nothing in the way. Jason Ligas and Patrick Bouju farm these plots biodynamically on schist, quartz and limestone, rebuilding the slopes through permaculture and treating the vines with herbs rather than chemistry. Fermentation is spontaneous, in amphora and