Cave Verdier Logel Petit Vertu 2022

Petit Vertu Viognier IGP Pays d’Urfé is a white wine produced by Cave Verdier Logel in Marcilly-le-Châtel in the Rhône Valley region, from pure Viognier grapes. These come from 20-year-old vines and are harvested manually. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and maceration for just 24 hours, aging in steel for 4 months. Petit Vertu Viognier PGI Pays d’Urfé has a delicate nose of dog rose, peach and apricot, with hints of orange blossom and herbs. In the mouth it is consistent with the sense of smell in terms of refinement, balance and persistence. Excellent for rice with curry

Producer: Cave Verdier Logel

Petit Vertu Viognier IGP Pays d’Urfé

️ Marcilly-le-Châtel, Rhone, France a>

Cave Verdier Logel

Viognier

2022

️  12.5%

  White wine

The grapes come from approximately 20-year-old vines, manual harvest with maceration of just 24 hours before pressing, with spontaneous fermentation by native yeasts, then aged in stainless steel for 4 months

Dog rose and hints of peach and apricot with references to orange blossom, mineral and slightly herbaceous

Fresh and dynamic, savory and persistent, with great balance

Serving temperature 10°-12°

Curry rice

Exuberant

Marcilly-le-Châtel, France

The Cave Verdier Logel estate extends over approximately 18 hectares, most of which are cultivated with Gamay and fall within the Côtes du Forez denomination. This is characterized by soil rich in granite and basalt on old volcanic mounds.

The remaining hectares are dedicated to various white grape varieties such as Pinot Gris and Viognier, falling within the PGI Vins de Pays d’Urfé, and other white grapes, such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and red grapes such as Syrah and Malbec.

It is a family story that begins when Odile and Jacky Logel decide to take over the family vineyards to develop the production of Côtes du Forez and vinify their grapes organically. This know-how was passed on to their nephew Maxime and daughter Julie.

The winery began its activity in 1992 with the establishment of Jacky Logel who took over his father-in-law’s estate and which initially counted on 8 hectares of vineyards in Gamay alone. The conversion to organic came in 1997. It was an innovative approach at the time, and allowed them to forcefully enter a developing market with great potential.

In the same year, Odile decided to help her husband and the company took its current name, EARL CAVE VERDIER LOGEL.

The revitalization project of the Côtes du Forez vineyard began with raising the family’s awareness of other local producers, so that they could raise the quality of their production; this led to the creation of the denomination in 2000, allowing the territory to be known throughout the world