2022 Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Gryphées Trousseau

There’s just a single Trousseau bottling of this year, and it takes its name from the oyster-like, fossilised molluscs found in the vineyard’s calcaire à gryphées limestone soils. This is a very small cuvée in 2022, cropped from just 0.25 hectres of vines planted in the adjacent lieux-dits of Côte de Feule and Fonteneille, at 390-400 metres. (The more generous yields of 2023 meant that Benjamin was able to bottle the two parcels separately). Trousseau’s riper stems and more compact bunches than Ploussard allow Benjamin to ferment this entirely as whole bunches. This was raised in used oak barrels and bottled without filtration.