{"product_id":"anders-frederik-steen-whispering-smiles-2024","title":"Anders Frederik Steen - Whispering smiles 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhispering smiles 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e is a natural wine crafted by \u003ca href=\"\/en-jp\/collections\/anders-frederik-steen-anne-bruun-blauert\"\u003eAnders Frederik Steen\u003c\/a\u003e, in the Ardeche region in \u003ca href=\"\/en-jp\/collections\/france\"\u003eFrance\u003c\/a\u003e. This white wine is made with \u003ca href=\"\/en-jp\/collections\/natural-wine-chardonnay\"\u003eChardonnay\u003c\/a\u003e grapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnders Frederik Steen and Anne Bruun Blauert work out of Valvignères in the Ardèche, and their motto is \"Nothing added. Nothing taken away.\" No wine is ever made twice, which is why the names keep changing, each one taken from a song lyric or a line of poetry. Much of the fruit comes from Jocelyne and Gérald Oustric at Domaine du Mazel and from the Bannwarth family in Alsace, alongside their own vines at Valgrand. Long slow pressings on an old press, and a long élevage in old wood with no topping up, are the house signature. No sulphur goes in, and neither does anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Chardonnay comes from the roughly thirty year old vines at Domaine du Mazel in the Ardèche. Anders and Anne describe it themselves:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Chardonnay from the around 30 years old vines of Domaine du Mazel. As we do most often, the grapes have been pressed vertical over a couple of days, from therefore we left the juice to start its fermentation in a fiberglass cuve. After one week the fermentation had started well, and we moved the now fermenting juice to 500lt demi-muids. Here the wine finished its fermentation and stayed until May 2026, so close to two years. In May we bottled the Chardonnay, now with an interesting balance between the well-known and relatively serious minerality and delicate oxidation we achieve by not topping up the barrels, and the rich southern fruit and often quite lively acidity. This Chardonnay is a white wine, but due to a later and very ripe harvest, the long slow pressurage and the élevage in demi-muids and on lees that previously have held red wines, the wine has a deep golden color - We love it!”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBottled at 14% alcohol. The words above are their own, from the 2026 release notes, and we have not yet tried this vintage ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORE Natural Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66050916614412,"sku":null,"price":5753.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/files\/Anders-Frederik-Steen---Whispering-smiles.png?v=1794481269","url":"https:\/\/morenaturalwine.com\/en-jp\/products\/anders-frederik-steen-whispering-smiles-2024","provider":"MORE Natural Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}