Variety: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc & Aligote

The future Alice and Olivier de Moor met at enology school in Dijon. Alice hailed from Jura and Olivier was a Chablis native. When they met they already had a lot in common, being both from wine regions whose family participated in the industry. However, their commitment to sustainable farming and low intervention winemaking was a commonality they didn’t share with all of their classmates or fellow future vignerons.

That commitment got them certified organic in 2005, after doing small changes like harvesting in smaller vessels to minimize damage by the grapes crushing themselves in big vats. They use gravity and later invested in a pneumatic press to ensure the gentlest pressing possible. At no point have they used SO2.

All of Chablis is a calcareous zone, clay and limestone with fossils of oyster, urchins, bivalves and ammonites layered in throughout. Because of their transparent and low-intervention approach, their nine hectares in Courgis are probably the most representative of the raw terroir of the region.

Talk about a true unicorn! This new cuvee is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris from St. Bris, macerated Aligote, oh! and a few Chardonnay barrels that were found in the cellar. The Sauvignons are fermented in stainless tanks. This wild cuvee shows the maverick nature of the de Moors and their propensity towards the creative application. As always with the de Moors, this wine is unfined and unfiltered.