Les Valseuses Sanza Nocturne Red 2022

Country: France

Region: Provence

Type: Red Wine

Grape: Grenache 

Antoine Le Court-Chedevergne (from Angers, France) and Julia Naar (from Rio, Brazil) are part of an exciting new wave of winemaking talent to come through in the Jura region. Antoine’s journey has taken him across the world making both wine and spontaneous ferment beer — from Australia to California and Brazil, where he met Julia. He spent a year working with Alice Bouvot in Arbois and it was in her cellar that he made his first vintage of ‘Les Valseuses’ wines. 

Now the couple have a stunning guesthouse in the small village of Les-Planches-près-Arbois and are using the centuries-old cellar beneath the property. They have been planting their own vines nearby but in the meantime have travelled around France to harvest fruit from friends in different regions. Theirs is among the most unique négociant projects in France. In the cellar, gentle but long macerations are favored, and blends of red and white varieties are common. Everything is done by hand, including bottling. The resulting wines are concentrated and startlingly pure.

Sourced from Luberon in central Provence, the fruit was macerated in whole bunches for three months in cuve. The maceration was followed by two years of élevage in large format old oak barrels. This is a remarkably fresh Provençal Grenache with a dense palate lifted by a touch of spice and notes of cassis and black plum.