Henri Chauvet Côtes d'Auvergne Vie Ordinaire 2024 750ml
Henri Chauvet Côtes d'Auvergne Vie Ordinaire 2024 750ml
Vie Ordinaire, or "ordinary life", is Henri Chauvet's Pinot Noir, and the name rather undersells it. The fruit comes from volcanic parcels around Boudes in the southern Auvergne, where basalt and blue marl soils give the wine a mineral character quite unlike Pinot Noir grown further north.
Chauvet left a career in banking and insurance, qualified in viticulture and oenology by correspondence, and then trained with Thierry Allemand in Cornas and Jérôme Bressy at Domaine Gourt de Mautens in Rasteau. He arrived in Boudes in the spring of 2021 and now farms around ten and a half hectares on some of the steepest volcanic hillsides in France. Each plot and variety is vinified separately using indigenous yeasts and whole bunches, and the wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered.
This is Pinot Noir with a distinctly Auvergnat accent. Red cherry, redcurrant and pomegranate are wrapped in dried flowers, warm spice and a smoky, iron rich mineral thread, with fine tannins and a long, cool, savoury finish. Lovely with duck, mushrooms or a plate of charcuterie.
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Product Specifications
Product Specifications
| Brand Name | Henri Chauvet |
| Size | 750ml |
| Type | Wine |
| Category | Red Wine |
| Style | Pinot Noir |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes |
