Weinschwärmer 2023 Marius Bielle Sylvère Trichard and Mathilde Sothier

Sylvère Trichard and Mathilde Sothier farm around ten hectares at Blacé

dried herbs

at La Pommeraye on the Mauges side of the Loire

Babel comes from Laura and Paulo's L'étranger

Weinschwärmer 2023 Marius Bielle Sylvère Trichard and Mathilde SothierWeinschwrmer takes its name from the hawk moth that lives among the vines, one more creature from a range full of them. It is a blend of two neighbours, Grauburgunder and Riesling, grown side by side on limestone by the winery. The Grauburgunder is destemmed and left on its blue pink skins for about ten days, which gives the wine its reddish, textural cast and its ripe fruit. The Riesling is pressed directly, with no time on skins at all, and drops in