# Go visit nature before it is too late (2022)

- **Producer:** Anders Frederik Steen & Anne Bruun Blauert
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Viognier
- **Region:** Rhône, France
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 13.8%
- **Average price:** €40
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** lemon, grapefruit, orange, lime, butter, cedar, marmalade, honey, hazelnut

## About this wine

Anders Frederik Steen, a former sommelier and chef from Copenhagen, produces natural wines in Valvignères in the Ardèche region alongside Anne Bruun Blauert. The domaine is celebrated for never repeating the exact same wine twice, creating unique micro-cuvées each vintage with poetic and philosophical titles. The grapes for this release were sourced from old Viognier vines grown organically by Jocelyne and Gérald Oustric at Domaine du Mazel on clay-limestone soils.

## Interesting facts

- The winemakers never produce the exact same cuvée twice, assigning a unique poetic name to every single release.
- The grapes were pressed over five days on an old wooden press, utilizing juice exclusively from the first four days.
- The wine aged for over 2.5 years in old oak barriques without topping up, giving it a distinctive oxidative structure.

## Food pairing

This structured, high-acid natural white wine features intense citrus notes and subtle oxidative nuances. It pairs brilliantly with dishes rich in fat, salt, or citrus elements such as preserved lemons, olive oil, capers, and aged goat cheeses, which balance the wine's vibrant acidity and broad texture.

## Wine making process

Manual harvesting of old Viognier vines was followed by a gentle five-day pressing process using an old wooden press, with only the free-run and early press juice from the first four days selected. Fermentation began in a fiberglass tank before transferring to old oak barriques, where the wine completed fermentation and aged without topping up for over two and a half years. The wine was bottled in May 2025 unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfur dioxide.