The wine is bottled as Vin de France with a grape that is about 80% Gamay with only 20% Chardonnay. The wine completes its vinification in bottle where it acquires its sparkle and is left for about 4 months in contact with the lees. With only 4gr/l of residual sugars, extremely refreshing acidity and very low sulphites, it is a perfectly "playful" wine...
Fantastic attention to detail, low yields, and a healthy biodynamic vineyard explain the high quality of Quintaine. The grapes arrive at the winery ripe and healthy, and from then on, the Guillemots simply monitor without interfering in the winemaking process. Fermentation of whole bunches with natural yeasts, maturation in concrete tanks with the lees,...