Why it matters
The producer
Vincent Ruiz moved Domaine du Gringet away from sparkling production and towards still whites. He chose shorter, more severe pruning to reach the maturity needed for those wines. Gringet produces wines with fruity and floral notes, spicy tones and a root character.
In the cellar, long, slow press cycles last more than seven hours, followed by light cold settling for whites. Fermentation takes place in concrete or ceramic vessels, and the wines age on fine lees without racking until bottling. Fine lees are spent yeast particles, and contact with them can build texture.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Domaine du Gringet works in Savoie. Ayze La Bergerie carries the Vin de Savoie appellation as a still white. An appellation is a regulated place name on the label, and here it accompanies a wine made from a blend of terroirs.
Wines to know
The range in view
The range includes sparkling wine and still whites. La Bergerie is a still white blending terroirs. Le Feu is a single vineyard still wine from red marl soils. Mont Blanc Brut Nature 2019 is a sparkling wine.
The still wines move from a blend of terroirs to a single vineyard bottle. The change in scale is printed in the wine names and vineyard descriptions, while the sparkling bottle keeps a separate place in the range.