Didier Champalou, 2003 Vouvray Cuvée C.C. Tries de Vendange.

Grape Varieties: 100% Chenin Blanc.

Vinification Note: Harvesting began on 20th October of only botrytised grapes. Pickers will go through the vines several times over during a period of days to pick the grapes as they become botrytised on the vine. Sometimes only parts of a grape are used, if it is not sufficiently botrytised. The yield is 18hl over 4.5 ha of vines. After the pressing and gentle racking, the must is fermented for four months in oak casks of 220 litres which allows the flavours to develop and become more refined and for the structure of the fruit sugars to balance out.

Tasting Note: Medium-bodied, elegant yet very intense, astonishingly sweet and rich, but not a bit cloying. Honeyed, peachy botrytis-influenced, fruit amazingly succulent and complex with an extraordinary ageing ability.