Julien Altaber — Steven Graf Wine

Domaine Sextant
Julien Altaber
Saint Aubin

Julien Altaber was born a farmer. He grew up in Auvergne and spent all his free time around cows and tractors. When he was 16 participated in his first wine harvest and fell in love. He interned in Mâconnais and Beaujolais wineries until finally settling in with Catherine and Dominique Derain where he learned about organic and biodynamic winemaking. In 2007, Julien purchased grapes with the support and equipment of the Derain's and began Domaine Sextant. Today, he has a winery and cellar in St. Aubin, as well as half a hectare of his own vines. In addition, he continues making wine for Domaine Derain with his consistent, natural, and forward-thinking style.

His is a project steeped in unrivaled passion and exuberance. He's become a staple of "natural" winemaking in the region, always pushing courageously towards the unheimlich, verboten, and unique.

As is so often the case, to know the wine is to know the man. Julien loves nothing more than to laugh with you about wine. Each and every parcel - every single experiment - is a thrill for him and thus for me. Macerations, infusions, idiosyncratic parcels, all make up the ebullient constellation that is this domain. And then, suddenly, out of nowhere, a perfectly rendered Pinot Noir, a classically gorgeous Chardonnay, or a bottle that speaks to its place name and beyond. Julien's wines can taste like St Aubin from Mars or from a fairy tale vintage here on Earth.

NV

Vin Petillant "Foufou'nette" No Vintage VARIETY : Macerated AligotéTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit from young vines Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION :  Macerated with Apricot pits in fiberglass tank for 5 weeks. Second fermentation in bottle. — Vin Petillant "Foufou'nette" No Vintage
**VARIETY :** Macerated Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit from young vines
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Macerated with Apricot pits in fiberglass tank for 5 weeks.
Méthode ancestrale.

2021

Bourgogne Aligote 2021
**VARIETY :** Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
The AOC aligoté is from a plot Julien bought in Puligny-Montrachet. 60yo vines on loamy clay soils. Partially aligoté doré - the oldest variety of aligoté that produces small clusters with orange and golden berries when ripe.
Organic, biodynamic.
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months.

Po à Po 2021
Vdf "Po à Po" 2021
**VARIETY :** Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
9 day maceration in stainless.

MaMaMia 2021
**VARIETY :** Macerated Pinot Gris
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
From a plot of Aligoté located on the heights of Pommard with northern exposure, allowing for late harvest.
Organic, biodynamic.
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
50% destemming, 12 days maceration in fiberglass vats, elevage in oak barrels.

Plein Pô 2021
**VARIETY :** Macerated Chardonnay
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
20 year old vines located on the commune of Montbellet in Saône-et-Loire.
A Chardonnay plantation on the commune de Puligny-Montrachet, lieu dit « la corvée aux moines ».
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Macerated with skins

Côteaux Bourguignons 2021
**VARIETY :** 65% Gamay / 35% Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Partially de-stemmed + whole bunches on top. Maceration 6 to 10 days before press. Fermentation finishes in barrel and ages 9 months.

M 2021
**VARIETY :** Gamay
**TERROIR :**
Graped sourced from Maxime Troncy.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic

**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Younger vines are direct pressed into stainless steel. The older (60yo+) are macerated for 10 days.
Blended then bottled.
Unfined, unfiltered.

Vdf "La Fleur au Verre" Rouge 2021
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
30 year old hillside vines
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked, late harvest
**VINIFICATION :** The fermentation starts quickly with the help of white wine.
The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel.

2020

Vdf "Skin Bull" 2020VARIETY : Aligoté TERROIR :  Negoced Fruit Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : Two week maceration in stainless Second fermentation in bottle. — Vdf "Skin Bull" 2020
**VARIETY :** Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Two week maceration in stainless.
Méthode ancestrale.

Vdf "MaMaMia" 2020 VARIETY : Macerated Pinot GrisTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit Clay / Limestone From a plot of Aligoté located on the heights of Pommard with northern exposure, allowing for late harvest. Organic, biodynamic.HARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : 50% destemming, 12 days maceration in fiberglass vats, elevage in oak barrels. — Vdf "MaMaMia" 2020
**VARIETY :** Macerated Pinot Gris
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
From a plot of Aligoté located on the heights of Pommard with northern exposure, allowing for late harvest.
Organic, biodynamic.
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
50% destemming, 12 days maceration in fiberglass vats, elevage in oak barrels.

AOC Bourgogne 2020 VARIETY : AligotéTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit The AOC aligoté is from a plot Julien bought in Puligny-Montrachet. 60yo vines on loamy clay soils. Partially aligoté doré - the oldest variety of aligoté that produces small clusters with orange and golden berries when ripe. Organic, biodynamic.HARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months. No So2. — AOC Bourgogne 2020
**VARIETY :** Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
The AOC aligoté is from a plot Julien bought in Puligny-Montrachet. 60yo vines on loamy clay soils. Partially aligoté doré - the oldest variety of aligoté that produces small clusters with orange and golden berries when ripe.
Organic, biodynamic.
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months.

AOC Bourgogne "La Fleur au Verre" Blanc 2020
**VARIETY :** Chardonnay
**TERROIR :**
20 year old vines located on the commune of Montbellet in Saône-et-Loire.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months.

AOC Bourgogne Blanc 2020
**VARIETY :** Chardonnay
**TERROIR :**
20 year old vines located on the commune of Montbellet in Saône-et-Loire.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months.

Vdf "M" 2020 VARIETY : GamayTERROIR :  Graped sourced from Maxime Troncy. Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamic HARVEST : hand pickedVINIFICATION : Younger vines are direct pressed into stainless steel. The older (60yo+) are macerated for 10 days. Blended than bottled Unfined, unfiltered No So2. — Vdf "M" 2020
**VARIETY :** Gamay
**TERROIR :**
Graped sourced from Maxime Troncy.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic

**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Younger vines are direct pressed into stainless steel. The older (60yo+) are macerated for 10 days.
Blended then bottled.
Unfined, unfiltered.

AOC Coteaux Bourguignons 2020
**VARIETY :** 65% Gamay / 35% Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Partially destemmed + whole bunches on top. Maceration 6 to 10 days before press. Fermentation finishes in barrel and ages 9 months.

AOC Bourgogne Rouge 2020
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
2 plots located in the lower part of Pommard named "Les Sorbins". Half the vines are 60 years old, and the rest was replanted in 2003.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press, fermentation in wooden truncated vats. Aged in barrels for 9 months.

AOC Bourgogne "La Fleur au Verre" Rouge 2020
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
30 year old hillside vines
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked, late harvest
**VINIFICATION :** The fermentation starts quickly with the help of white wine.
The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel.

AOC Maranges 2020
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
From a plot of Pinot Noir in the commune of Dezize les Maranges, names “*les Terres Blanche”*, as it consists mainly of limestone soils and is planted with very old Pinot Noir vines averaging 70 years-old. Clay / Limestone, gravelly soil on a steep slope.
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked, late harvest
**VINIFICATION :** fermented in fiberglass 10 day maceration, aged in barrel.

AOC Maranges 1er Cru "Les Clos Roussots" 2020
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
100% Pinot Noir from the Maranges appellation in Côte de Beaune. From a plot of Pinot Noir in the commune of Dezize les Maranges Clay / Limestone, gravelly soil on a steep slope.
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked, late harvest
**VINIFICATION :** fermented in fiberglass
14 day maceration, aged in barrel.

2019

AOC Bourgogne Blanc
“En Chapon” 2019
**VARIETY :** Chardonnay
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
20 year old vines in Montbellet en Saône and Loire.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press into stainless.
Aged in barrel.

AOC Bourgogne Blanc “La Fleur au Verre” 2019VARIETY : ChardonnayTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit 30 year old hillside vines Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked, late harvestVINIFICATION : The fermentation starts quickly with the help of white wine. The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel. — AOC Bourgogne Rouge
“La Fleur au Verre” 2019
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
30 year old hillside vines
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked, late harvest
**VINIFICATION :** The fermentation starts quickly with the help of white wine.
The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel.

AOC Bourgogne Blanc 2019VARIETY : ChardonnayTERROIR :  20 year old vines located on the commune of Montbellet in Saône-et-Loire. Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : Partially destemmed + whole bunches on top. Maceration 6 to 10 days before press. Fermentation finishes in barrel and ages 9 months. — AOC Bourgogne Blanc 2019
**VARIETY :** Chardonnay
**TERROIR :**
20 year old vines located on the commune of Montbellet in Saône-et-Loire.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press, fermentation in vats. Aged in barrels for 9 months.

AOC Maranges 1er Cru
"Les Clos Roussots" 2019
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit from a steep hill in the Maranges appellation in Côte de Beaune.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Blend of destemmed and whole cluster fruit pressed.
The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel.

AOC Coteaux Bourguignons 2019
**VARIETY :** 65% Gamay / 35% Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Partially destemmed + whole bunches on top. Maceration 6 to 10 days before press. Fermentation finishes in barrel and ages 9 months.

AOC Bourgogne Rouge 2019VARIETY : Pinot NoirTERROIR :  2 plots located in the lower part of Pommard named "Les Sorbins". Half the vines are 60 years old, and the rest was replanted in 2003. Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : Direct press, fermentation in wooden truncated vats. Aged in barrels for 9 months. — AOC Bourgogne Rouge 2019
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
2 plots located in the lower part of Pommard named "Les Sorbins". Half the vines are 60 years old, and the rest was replanted in 2003.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Partially destemmed + whole bunches on top. Maceration 6 to 10 days before press. Fermentation finishes in barrel and ages 9 months.

AOC Bourgogne "Aligoté" 2019 VARIETY : AligotéTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit Clay / Limestone the AOC aligoté is from a plot Julien bought in Puligny-Montrachet. 60yo vines on loamy clay soils. Partially aligoté doré - the oldest variety of aligoté that produces small clusters with orange and golden berries when ripe. Organic, biodynamic.HARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months. No so2. — AOC Bourgogne "Aligoté" 2019
**VARIETY :** Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
the AOC aligoté is from a plot Julien bought in Puligny-Montrachet. 60yo vines on loamy clay soils. Partially aligoté doré - the oldest variety of aligoté that produces small clusters with orange and golden berries when ripe.
Organic, biodynamic.
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press with 24-36 hours in vat before being barreled for 6-10 months.

“La Fleur au Verre” Blanc 2019VARIETY : ChardonnayTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit vines planted in the 1990s Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION :  Direct press into stainless Aged in barrel. — “La Fleur au Verre” Blanc 2019
**VARIETY :** Chardonnay
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
vines planted in the 1990s
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press into stainless
Aged in barrel.

Vdf "Po à Po" 2019 VARIETY : AligotéTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : 9 day maceration in stainless. — Vdf "Po à Po" 2019
**VARIETY :** Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
9 day maceration in stainless.

AOC Monthélie 1er Cru "Sur la Velle" 2019
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :** Blend of destemmed and whole cluster fruit pressed, 24 hours in vats and then in barrels on their lees until the summer for bottling in early September.

Vdf "MaMaMia" 2019VARIETY : Macerated Aligoté TERROIR :  Negoced Fruit Clay / Limestone From a plot of Aligoté located on the heights of Pommard with northern exposure, allowing for late harvest.HARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION : 50% destemming, 12 days maceration in fiberglass vats, elevage in oak barrels. — Vdf "MaMaMia" 2019
**VARIETY :** Macerated Aligoté
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
Clay / Limestone
From a plot of Aligoté located on the heights of Pommard with northern exposure, allowing for late harvest.
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
50% destemming, 12 days maceration in fiberglass vats, elevage in oak barrels.

“La Fleur au Verre” Rouge 2019VARIETY : Pinot NoirTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit 30 year old hillside vines Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked, late harvestVINIFICATION : The fermentation starts quickly with the help of white wine. The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel. — “La Fleur au Verre” Rouge 2019
**VARIETY :** Pinot Noir
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit
30 year old hillside vines
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked, late harvest
**VINIFICATION :** The fermentation starts quickly with the help of white wine.
The vatting is very short (4-5 days) and the fermentation ends in barrel.

Vdf "M" 2020 VARIETY : GamayTERROIR :  Negoced Fruit sourced from Maxime Troncy. Clay / Limestone Organic, biodynamic HARVEST : hand pickedVINIFICATION : Younger vines are direct pressed into stainless steel The older (60yo+) are macerated for 10 days. Blended than bottled Unfined, unfiltered No So2. — Vdf "M" 2020
**VARIETY :** Gamay
**TERROIR :**
Negoced Fruit sourced from Maxime Troncy.
Clay / Limestone
Organic, biodynamic

**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Younger vines are direct pressed into stainless steel
The older (60yo+) are macerated for 10 days.
Blended than bottled
Unfined, unfiltered.

2018

St-Aubin 1er Cru Blanc 2018VARIETY : ChardonnayTERROIR : Negoced Fruit From two plots called "La Chateniaire" and "La Combe au sud". La Chateniaire, planted on the rocky part of Montrachet, is located on a limestone slab on the hillside facing southwest. La Combe is on clay-limestone soil. Both plots are grassed. This brings a strong competition with the vine, very low yields guaranteeing every year a very good sanitary state and a good maturity. Organic, biodynamicHARVEST : hand picked VINIFICATION :  Direct press into stainless Aged in barrel. — St-Aubin 1er Cru Blanc 2018
**VARIETY :** Chardonnay
**TERROIR :** Negoced Fruit
From two plots called "La Chateniaire" and "La Combe au sud".
La Chateniaire, planted on the rocky part of Montrachet, is located on a limestone slab on the hillside facing southwest.
La Combe is on clay-limestone soil.
Both plots are grassed. This brings a strong competition with the vine, very low yields guaranteeing every year a very good sanitary state and a good maturity.
Organic, biodynamic
**HARVEST :** hand picked
**VINIFICATION :**
Direct press into stainless
Aged in barrel.

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Domaine Sextant
Julien Altaber
Saint Aubin