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Wine No 6 from Geosynchronous Collection

Josette & Michel

Chardox 2022

Vin de France

Home Sweet home! Jeanne & Fifi (aka Josette et Michel) were born in Burgundy. So although their winery is in the Tarn, they had to make a Burgundian cuvée regardless. They purchased superb chardonnay fruits from the Macônnais, which their friend Vincent Talmot had grown organically on 35-year-old vines planted on clay-limestone and they went to work. Direct press, fermentation in stainless steel vat and 10 months aging, 50% in stainless steel vat on fine lees to keep the tension and 50% in barrels on fermentation lees to bring the buttery notes. Success! Chardox is a great fit with white meat & fatty fish.

A photo of Jeanne et Fifi The winemaker

Jeanne et Fifi

In 2022, Jeanne and Philippe “Fifi” Essomme (their real names) created their estate in Mont-Roc, a small village in the Tarn perched at an altitude of 600 m in the Montagne Noire at the gates of the Natural Park of the Haut Languedoc.

Jeanne et Fifi are young winemakers, but their wine adventures began a long time ago. Their common Burgundian origins may have something to do with it. Fifi, who lived in New York for 21 years, opened "The Ten Bells" in 2008, the first natural wine bar in the city - a true pioneer. Then, he went on to open a wine shop in Brooklyn and finally develop a French wine import portfolio for the whole of the US. From an early age, Jeanne was exposed to her family and friends making wine in the barns of Burgundy. During her adolescence, la vendange became an annual ritual. As soon as they met, Jeanne and Fifi embarked on trips to Europe together to visit winegrowers and survey vineyards. In 2021, they decided to move back to France, where they found a location where their dream of making wine in their own distictive way could come true.

In true Fifi fashion, this is an perillous adventure. They’ve been planting varieties long lost to an area entirely dedicated to the Roquefort appellation - the legendary blue cheese. Here the sheep rule. And they have their own sheep, which contribute to growing the best possible grapes biodynamically. They've planted a massal selection of Chenin Blanc, Pineaud'Aunis, Fer Servadou and Bouysselet. While waiting for these vines to mature, they are making their first wines with grapes that they purchase from friendly bio producers.  They may have to continue doing so regardless because some of their first attempts are addictive.

 

 

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