{"title":"Camille \u0026 Mathieu Apffel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlpine wine at its most hands-on: Camille and Mathieu Apffel do every job in the vineyard and the cellar themselves, with no employees, and they bottle their Savoie wines without any added sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathieu grew up in the Jura and came to Savoie in 2013, making Apremont with a friend before buying a cellar and vines from a retiring vigneron in 2017. Camille joined him in 2020. Home base is Saint-Baldoph, just south of Chambéry, where Jacquère vines 30 to 70 years old face southeast at 250 to 350 meters on clay and limestone strewn with mica-schist and quartz left behind by ancient glaciers. A steep, gravelly limestone hill in Saint-Alban and a parcel in neighboring Bugey round out about four and a half hectares, all worked by hand and farmed organically (uncertified), with biodynamic practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathieu thinks of his reds as infusions rather than extractions: whole clusters, gentle handling, and the color and tannin coaxed out rather than wrung out. Everything ferments on native yeasts and is bottled unfiltered. Most of what they make is white, led by the Jacquère Avant la Tempête, while Soleyane brings Mondeuse and Pinot Noir from Bugey into a light, chillable red.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"camille-mathieu-apffel-avant-la-tempete-2024-750ml","title":"Camille \u0026 Mathieu Apffel, Avant la Tempete, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eCamille and Mathieu Apffel make Alpine natural wines in Savoie, and Avant la Tempête — 'Before the Storm' — carries some drama in the name. This is Jacquère with mountain snap: native fermentation, a light hand in the cellar, and the kind of saline, citrus-driven freshness that makes Savoie whites so compelling. The wine is about lift rather than weight, precision rather than polish, and it belongs with raclette, fondue, lake fish, or anything that wants a clean Alpine edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louis Dressner (TEI) [LDM]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45633275887673,"sku":"NYC-LDM-`LD6820224`-032426-4","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Camille-Mathieu-Apffel-Avant-la-Tempete-2024-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1774795606"},{"product_id":"camille-mathieu-apffel-soleyane-rouge-leger-2024-750ml","title":"Camille \u0026 Mathieu Apffel, Soleyane Rouge Leger, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoleyane Rouge Léger is the Apffels' lighter-footed red cuvée — 'léger' meaning light, and they mean it. This is Alpine red wine made for pure joy: barely-there tannins, brilliant fruit, and the kind of cooling freshness that makes it equally at home slightly chilled on a summer evening or alongside a weeknight roast. Camille and Mathieu farm in Savoie, and the cuvée is based on Mondeuse and Pinot Noir rather than the Gamay of Beaujolais. The result is vivid, low-alcohol, and completely refreshing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louis Dressner (TEI) [LDM]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45633276018745,"sku":"NYC-LDM-`LD6820724`-032426-5","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Camille-Mathieu-Apffel-Soleyane-Rouge-Leger-2024-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1774795608"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/camille-and-mathieu-apffel.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}