Technical file Nicolas Idiart Pinot Noir 2013 Village : Marigny-Brizay Grape variety : 100% Pinot Noir The story : Nicolas Idiart, is a winemaker born in Bordeaux, his mother is from the Loire Valley and father from the Basque country. He worked in many different wineries in the Loire but also in Australia and New Zealand. After several years he moved in to the sales side of the wine business mainly in North America. Now at 33 years old he decided to go back to winemaking with an artisan approach : small batch , hand craft wines shaped by the minds and hands of a contemporary winemaker. He worked in partnership with the greatest vineyards and people from the Loire. To make this pinot Noir he worked with Frédéric Brochet who owned the Domaine Ampelidae in the Haut Poitou region. Grape variety:

100% Pinot noir

Yields and Density: 50 hl/hectares; 8800 vines/hectares The Terroir :

This Pinot Noir is produced from vines which range in age from 21 to 40 years. 100% percent of these vines are planted on limestone soil. All great pinot Noir in France, (burgundy , champagne , Loire) are planted on limestone soil. These vines are cultivated in a well thought out manner which provides a maximum of respect for the ecosystem and the environment. Vinification : Unoaked

After picking at a full maturation, the “cool” maceration is carried out in stainless steel vats for five days at a temperature of ten degrees celsius. Fermentation is then carried out for twelve days at a temperature of 25° celsius, With daily stirring, “pigeage” and constant sampling, in order to extract the maximum fruity flavors, dyes(anthocyane) and the tannins contained in the skin of the grapes. The process will end up with the Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats. Tasting notes:

This wine show a beautiful ruby colour and develop red berry flavors (cherry, kirsh and raspberry) mixed with licorice and spices. .It is harmonious and balanced, with a plump fruitiness and silky texture offset by round, gentle tannins in a wine of medium body and elegant structure.

To accompany the wine:

As a young wine, it can be served cool (14° Celsius) by itself, or with charcuterie platters , white meet and fun barbecue.

Sales Points :

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Nicolas Idiart is a new young “artisan winemaker”

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Wines never been in the market

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Small quantities are made of each wines

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He make wines himself at different wineries in the Loire Valley

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Loire Valley Pinot noir are usually blended and hard to find in a single grape. This is different and new !

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100% pinot Noir, over deliver in Value !

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Unoaked to the purity of the wine