2013 Benoit Roseau Saint-Peray Blanc

At a glance: 

• Variety: Marsanne
• Vine Age: Planted from the 1910s to 1920s
• Terroir: Steep slopes, silt
  fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment
  silt and loess
  Predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust
  loess with limestone debris on granite bedrock
• Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée
• Vinification: Direct pressing, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months in barrel. --Becky Wasserman