Chateau de Beru Athenais Love Joy VDF Sparkling 2020

Chateau de Beru Athenais Love Joy VDF Sparkling 2020

Chateau de Beru
$45.00

Grape: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2020
Type: Sparkling

This natural sparkling white wine is crafted by Athénaïs de Béru from young chardonnay vines planted near Chichée in Burgundy. The plot is situated on a high limestone plateau, where cool mountain winds help retain high natural acidity. Winemaking follows low-intervention protocols, featuring native yeast primary fermentation followed by secondary bottle fermentation using traditional methods. Matured on fine lees in neutral containers, it preserves a pure, high-altitude mineral identity.

It pours a pale straw color with silver reflections and a fine, persistent stream of bubbles. The nose opens with aromas of green apple skin, citrus rind, and fresh bread dough. A soft, rounded, and texturally complex mouthfeel delivers crisp fruit flavors alongside a vein of mineral salinity. A sharp wave of natural acidity cuts through the linear volume, keeping the texture clean. It finishes dry and refreshed, leaving a lingering, mouthwatering trace of chalk.

Winery

Chateau de Beru

The Béru family have owned the historical Château de Béru domain for 400 years. At the beginning of the 20th century when the phylloxera crisis hit all the vines were uprooted leaving the estate without its source of income. It was only in 1987, that the Comte Éric de Béru, out of passion for wine, undertook to replant the entire vineyard, and in particular, the famous monopole vineyard Clos Béru. His daughter Athénaïs runs the domain now and has transformed the farming to certified Biodynamic practices. Her first vintage was 2005 and in the years that have followed she has become one of the most revered and influential winemakers in Chablis.

Its terroir was formed during the Kimmeridgian era and is mainly composed of crushed limestone and marine fossils.