2022 Corentin Houillon Arcane
WINEMAKER: Corentin Houillon
REGION: Savoie, FR
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: Certified Biodynamic
Savoie Chautagne - Made up of several varieties, this low-yielding Pinot Noir is grown on a red soil terroir. 50% destemmed and 50% whole bunches, vatted for 17 days and entirely aged in barrels until bottling. This distinguished and fruity wine with smoky sides is the pure expression of Pinot Noir from the Chautagnard terroir.
Growing up as a part of the Houillon clan meant that Corentin Houillon spent his youth foot stomping Poulsard grapes for Pierre Overnoy and learning the ways of zero additive winemaking from the master himself. He then went to study enology in Beaune and after graduating worked for a number of local luminaries including the great Stephan Tissot before heading overseas to work in the new world. Since 2019 Corentin has had his own domaine, on glacial soils nestled between mountains and surrounded by forest, Savoie sits between his native Jura and his wife’s home in Switzerland. He crafts pure and precise mountain wines from Jacquere, Altesse, Pinot and Gamay in the mould of his childhood mentor, but with an equisite mountain freshness.