Alexis Leconte - La Terre Mère NV

The cuvee

Alexis Leconte - La Terre Mère NV

LA TERRE MÈRE

• Place called La Pièce des Cotéas
Altitude: 115 to 119 m
Exposure: West
Area: 25.21 ares

• Place called La Pièce des Uselants
Altitude: 127 to 130 m
Exposure: North/NW
Area: 9.66 ares

• Geology and terroir.
Geological origin: Cuisian. Sands and sandstones then banks of clays and sands. Terroirs of brown calcareous soil on colluvium and sandy and stony clay

• AB Viticulture
Organic Agriculture Certification since the 2023 harvest
Complete tillage since 2015. In 2016, implementation of biodynamics. Zero herbicides and synthetic products. Use of fermented extracts and plant decoctions

• Pressing, vinification, aging
No separation of juices into “cuvées” and “sizes” in order to better respect the entity of the berry
Vinification in tuns, in 400-litre Burgundy barrels and in stoneware jars
Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No malolactic fermentation or stirring.

Grape variety : 100% Meunier
Dosage : 3 g/L