ZoomLa Tangente (BONNETON) HOOPONOPONO2023
Domaine de l'AlezanNorth Ardèche, Ardèche, France
About this wine
La Tangente is the négociant arm Patricia and Rémi Bonneton launched in 2017 to extend their natural-wine practice beyond the 2.5 estate hectares they already farm in northern Ardèche: they buy organic fruit from like-minded growers, harvest the parcels themselves and vinify the wine at their own cellar. HOOPONOPONO is the white-grape orange in the range, a co-fermentation of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne on skins. Whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. The Hawaiian-derived name (a forgiveness practice) is in keeping with the project's ethos. 12.5% alcohol. A skin-contact white for accounts wanting Northern Rhône grapes treated as orange wine without losing varietal lift.
Winemaking
1-week whole-bunch maceration.