La Grange de l’Oncle Charles ‘Mille Lieux sur Peaux’ Orange 2022

Location: France, Alsace

Winemaker: Jérôme François

Grapes: Various Alsatian Varietals

Soil: Granite, limestone, sand, clay

Winemaking: 30-60 year old vines. Destemmed, 3 weeks of maceration, Aging in stainless steel for 3 months, 20 mg of SO2 total.

‘Mille Lieux sur Peaux’: aka Jérôme's skin contact version of ‘Alsace Blanc’: the same 13 varietals of grapes with . Grapefruit peel and a bit more rye/star anise flavors give this aromatic lift and a delicious dusty texture.

From the Importer Avant-Garde: Jerome Francois first trained to be a carpenter before becoming a sommelier. Jerome started with several rows of inherited vines from his grandfather, he moved into the family barn (grange) belonging to his Uncle a farmer named Charles, and named the winery “LA GRANGE DE L’ONCLE CHARLES."

The domaine started in early 2014 in Ostheim, Alsace. The vineyards, the meadows and orchards are farmed in biodynamie with the outmost respect for ancestral traditions. Today, Jerome farms 5.5ha of vineyards located in the towns of Ammerschwihr, Zellenberg, Kaysersberg and Ribeauville where grapes are planted in complantations and produce on average 25hl/ha. Jerome believes that his wine can purely express itself from the terroir; it is then up to the vigneron to work with minimum intervention to make quality wine.