Chateau Le Puy VdF Blanc Marie-Cecile 2023 champagne-template Vines are an average age

Vines are an average age of 45 years on calcareous clay soils

or leave it a few years and it'll round itself out

and very long aging potential

it rewards exploration now while building potential for 10-12 years ahead

Chateau Le Puy VdF Blanc Marie-Cecile 2023 champagne-template Vines are an average ageChteau Le Puy has farmed this corner of Bordeaux's Ctes de Francs since 1610, biodynamic before the word existed, with horses in the vineyard and Demeter certification today. They bottle as Vin de France rather than chase appellation rules, and each cuve is named for a family ancestor. Marie Ccile is their white, made from Smillon farmed the same idiosyncratic way as the reds: native yeasts, no fining, no filtration, minimal sulfur. The result is a