Maison Advinam ‘L’Allumée’ Rouge

Winemaker: Anne Buiatti

Grapes: Malbec, Sémillon, touch of Cabernet Sauvignon

From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections:
South of Bordeaux, Grégoire and Anne have settled into an old farm that has been transformed into a winery. It's the picture of biodiversity, following the the principals of biodynamics where vines, fruit trees, and beehives are all part of the greater scope of the property and it's health and vitality. Everything is worked by hand (often by pickaxe) and without chemicals. As indicated by the labels, "Vin Méthode Nature," all production is done manually and as naturally as possible. Indigenous yeasts, de-stemmed and crushed by hand and foot, and no filing or filtration are just some of their process. The wine is aged in terracotta amphorae, and occasionally in barrels.

From us at M&L: We continue to see the boundaries of Bordeaux pushed beyond our wildest dreams…

Maison Advinam is the brain child of Anne Buiatti, agricultural engineer turned exceedingly talented vigneronne, who crafts ‘vin cousu main’, as she says, or ‘hand-sewn wine’, from her two hectares of vines in St. Morillon (plus another 2 in Calce) in an abandoned stone farmhouse she restored herself. Since Anne’s first vintage in 2019, Maison Advinam is already Demeter- and Vin Méthode Nature-certified, showing her dedication to impeccable biodynamic practices. Even the wax that seals each bottle is made from the domaine’s own honeybees.

Truly these are wines that drink wildly unfettered yet impossibly pure, woven together as if by magic. Anne’s ‘L’Allumée’ Rouge is a delicate but deep tapestry of primarily Sémillon with Malbec and a sprinkling of Cabernet Sauvignon, from 30-year-old vines. All the fruit is hand-destemmed and hand-trod, fermented in a mixture of barrel and amphora, aged in amphora for six months and bottled with zero SO2. Cool, rain-like textures of wild raspberry leaf, rainier cherry, sheep’s wool, spearmint, and floral coffee bean; rustic, ethereal, and ravishing. We are ecstatic to welcome Anne and her painstaking work to the shop.-Lennie