Olivier HORIOT Ailleurs Blanc de Blancs
Single Plot vintage Blanc de Blancs without added sulfites
2018, 100% Chardonnay, Dosage: 0g/l, w/o added sulfites
100% Chardonnay, no sulphite added, zero Dosage
Cuvée Ailleurs is a 2018 Blanc de Blanc de Chardonnay, vinified and aged in barrels on total lees for 1 year, then bottled just before the next harvest. Made exclusively from Fontette vineyards, the only plot Olivier Horiot owns outside of Les Riceys, specifically a small, old vineyard located in the town of Fontette, his mother's town, right next to Essoyes. Therefore the name "Ailleurs" = somewhere else.
The philiosphy of Olivier Horiot "There are greens that forge and encourage us to anchor our roots in the terroir. These Fontette vines dance with these “verts” and sing of a family memory. Other “verts” invite us to travel, to encounter other places, other languages, and bonds are forged… Ailleurs"