Chardonnay
Les Suquets 2024
Les Bariolés
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Producer: Les Bariolés (
Claire Freist and Edoardo Veltroni)
Region: Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
Wild Scale: 2/5
Vegan friendly wine
11.5% alcohol
Winemaking: Organic Chardonnay grapes were harvested by hand. Whole bunches were pressed directly and then fermented with indigenous yeast. Aged in old barrels for one year. No filtration, fining or added sulphur.
This Wine: Natural white wine with a medium body. I discovered this over a dinner at the Dandelion restaurant in Paris. Lovely mineral driven wine with citrus and green applesm So much texture along with this amazing mineral influence. Best served with food. Only 931 bottles produced.
Notes on the Winemaker: Les Bariolés is an exciting young estate in Auvergne, founded in 2022 by Claire Freist and Edoardo Veltroni. Having honed their craft in prestigious Burgundian cellars, the couple settled on 5 hectares of high-altitude volcanic slopes in Chalus (600m above sea level). Working organically and biodynamically with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Gamay, they craft pure, additive-free wines with no sulphur additions. The result? Strikingly energetic, precise natural wines bursting with volcanic minerality, fresh fruit, and immense precision.