Saint-Péray Gemini
Julien Cecillon

Type
White Wine
Appellation
Saint Peray
Variety
70% Marsanne30% Roussane
Like all of the cuvée names, this one has a very personal history. 2014 was the first year that Nancy Kerschen and Julien Cecillon produced this wine, and it was also the year that they had twin girls (who were supposed to be born in mid-June). According to Nancy, “We had a deadline for ordering our labels, and we did so when I was pregnant with certainty that they'd be born under the Gemini (twin star) sign. As it turns out they were born Cancers, which didn't have a nice ring to the cuvée, so we kept the Gemini labels.”
Viticulture
Vineyard name
2 parcels : lieux-dit Abeylesse and Amour de Dieu
Soil type
Clay-limestone soils
Vines planted inPlanted in 1980s and 1990
Vineyard size0.53 ha
PruningGobelet (Marsanne) and Cordon Royat double (Marsanne and Roussane)
ExpositionEast
Altitude150 m
Vinification
Fermentation in barrels with light lees stirring
Elevage11 months in barrel (10% new oak)
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringMinor bentonite fining and tangentiel filtration
Additional info
Total production average3,200 bottles
UPC Code Bottle794020260086
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