Première Lecture 2021 d’Etienne Seignovert

is a 100% Merlot planté sur arène granitique, issu de l’héritage de l’ancien propriétaire des vignes grand amateur de vin bordelais. Si Etienne l’était beaucoup moins à l’origine, il a su parfaitement sublimer ce cépage inattendu en Ardèche.

Les raisons subirent un pressurage semi direct, 50% pressé directement puis débourbé comme un blanc et réincorporé à la cuve de macération, pour augmenter la proportion de liquide et ainsi extraire de manière plus douce. Quelques remontages légers.

The wine is then raised for 8 months, pour 2/3 en cuve inox et le dernier 1/3 en barrique de 228L de 5 vins. Seulement 550 bouteilles ont été produites, nous sommes très heureux de pouvoir partager avec vous cette découverte qui a fait l’unanimité dans l’équipe !

Première Lecture est un vin très juicy, avec une matière silky, il développe des notes de fruits frais écrasés et dspices. Une jolie surprise, on ne soupçonne pas du tout le Merlot ici !!

Etienne Seignovert in Saint-Barthélémy-le-Plain (07)

The Etienne Seignovert estate was born at the beginning of 2020, and is built around vines taken over on lease, new plantations and a small business between friends who are also young winemakers.

The aim of the estate is to recreate an old-fashioned Ardèche farm by combining polyculture and agroforestry to maximise the symbiosis between fauna and flora and hope to recover a natural balance in terms of biodiversity.

The vineyard is located only on the Northern exhibitions of the Doux valleyThe vineyards are located at an altitude of between 400 and 500 metres. The aim, through the influence of the plateaus and these less sunny exposures, is to produce wines aerialon the freshness and the finesse.

For the cultivation of vines, the objective is toengage the most biodiversity possible in order to find a natural balancewhere fauna and flora work together.

Once manually harvested the grapes arrive in the cellar in small 18kg boxes, from then on, all the manipulations carried out on the grapes, the must and the wines will aim to reflect the terroir where the grapes are grown.

The guiding principle behind the cellar choices is to obtain airy wines that convey the expression of their parcels. Nothing but grapesand low doses of So2 depending on the wines and conditions. All wines are not glued not filtered.

The labels have their own story too! Etienne wanted to convey his passion for the world of fantasy and Japanese animation in his labels. He then met Marc and Norent, two artists, and after a week spent at the farm to immerse themselves in the wines, Etienne's universe and the energy of the place, combining tasting, walks in the Ardèche and local specialities, they created these pretty labels together.