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Wine Description
The Story
BY CHAMPAGNE DEVAUX & MICHEL CHAPOUTIER
The art of capturing the image of the vintage
The name: (from the classical Greek stenós, narrow, and opê, hole)
Small hole in a partition wall of a dark room, serving as a photographic lens. Very simple optical device used at the very beginning of photography to capture an image of reality.
The Genesis: Sometimes, two wine regions meet and they inspire one another. It all began with a meeting...
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What the heavens had in store for us…
Chaotic weather dominated this vintage.
Winter saw record cold temperatures, dropping to -23°C in December and staying cool and dry well into the Spring.
Temperatures did not rise until late June remaining warm until the unseasonable rain in August. But September brought salvation with a spell of fine weather ripening the grapes.
With careful selection and hard work in the winery we were able to make...
