Château Gaudrelle

After studying oenology at Beaune, Alexandre Monmousseau took over the 15 hectares of vineyards of the family's 17th century Château Gaudrelle in 1984. With his vineyards split between the flinty perruches and the limestone of the premières côtes of Vouvray, Alexandre emphasises the quality of the terroir through a policy of low yields, almost excessively meticulous hand harvesting and finely mastered vinifications.

Folllowing a gentle pressing and a severe débourbage, fermentations are long and slow in vat, or in oak demi-muid casks inn his cool rock-hewn cellars. Over the years Alexandre has earned a reputation for the uncompromising quality of his still and sparkling Vouvrays which are now recognised as being amongst the very finest of the appellation