Les Cigales dans la Fourmilière La Polonaise Orange 2024 (Magnum)

Julie Brosselin and Ivo Ferreira started Les Cigales dans la Fourmilière in 2016, farming scattered, high organic parcels in the stony Larzac foothills above Montpeyroux in the Languedoc. Julie trained at Le Petit Domaine de Gimios; Ivo worked alongside Jean-Marc Brignot and Château Le Puy. Their goal is freshness and lift rather than the heat the Languedoc is known for: native-yeast ferments, old large barrels, no fining or filtering, and sulfur only if needed.

La Polonaise is the estate's macerated white: Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains given full skin contact, alongside Chardonnay. Expect the perfume of Muscat — orange blossom, stone fruit — with the grip and texture that skin contact brings. Unfined and unfiltered.

• Region: Montpeyroux, Languedoc · Vin de France
• Grapes: Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Chardonnay
• Farming: Organic
• Winemaking: Skin-macerated, native yeast, unfined, unfiltered
• Format: 1.5L magnum
• Serve: Cool, not ice cold