Tohu Wines Rewa Blanc De Blancs Méthode Traditionelle Chardonnay 2016

This traditionally made wine displays lifted aromas of bright citrus fruit, crisp fresh apples and refined touches of brioche and toasted hazelnut. Extended lees aging in the bottle has resulted in a wine that displays a fine, persistent bead and rich, creamy mousse. Finely balanced with a touch of minerality, this wine leads to an elegant, long and crisp dry finish.

The Chardonnay grapes for this méthode traditionnelle are carefully handpicked before being lightly pressed at our modern winery. Pressings and free-run juices are initially kept separate before being racked clear to a temperature controlled stainless steel tank for the primary fermentation. After a long cool ferment the resulting wine is then warmed and undergoes full malolactic fermentation while aging in tank on yeast lees. The tirage (or bottling) of the base wine with yeast causes the wine to undergo a secondary yeast fermentation in the bottle – which creates the bubbles. Once the secondary ferment was complete the bottles were then put to rest for an extended 54 months on their lees in a temperature controlled warehouse before disgorging in September 2021. At disgorgement the lees are riddled from the bottle before topping, corking, then labelling. The wine was then held a further 5 months before release.