Jeremy Quastana ‘Côt Lectif’ Rouge 2022

Location: France, Loire, Loir et Cher

Winemaker: Jeremy Quastana

Grapes: Côt

Soil: Clay over broken-down limestone

Winemaking: Stem inclusion, semi-carbonic. and zero sulfur.

From the Importer Selection Massale: ‘Côt Lectif’ is another highly drinkable, carbonic wine made using techniques Jeremy learned from Marcel Lapierre. As per the name, the wine comes from Côt, rather than Gamay. Not intended to be an ager or a serious wine, but instead a gulpable bottle to be drunk young.

We were introduced to Jeremy by our good friend Olivier Lemasson. Jeremy worked with Olivier for a few years and managed to grab a couple hectares of land not far from Olivier's main plot in the Loir et Cher, not far from Cheverny. Before that, Jeremy learned the trade at Marcel Lapierre's winery and did a six-month internship at Clos Ouvert in Chile. In four vintages, he has shown that he can make clean, highly drinkable wines with very little sulphur dioxide. Jeremy is still a young vigneron and, in our opinion, he gets better every year.

The vineyard is one plot composed of young vine Gamay, middle-aged Cot, and old vine Gamay on a gentle slope of clay over Silex.