Tournons tous notre regard dans la même direction 2022 is a natural wine crafted by Anders Frederik Steen, in the Ardeche region in France. This white wine is made with Chardonnay, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc and Grenache Blanc grapes.
Anders Frederik Steen and Anne Bruun Blauert work out of Valvignères in the Ardèche, and their motto is "Nothing added. Nothing taken away." No wine is ever made twice, which is why the names keep changing, each one taken from a song lyric or a line of poetry. Much of the fruit comes from Jocelyne and Gérald Oustric at Domaine du Mazel and from the Bannwarth family in Alsace, alongside their own vines at Valgrand. Long slow pressings on an old press, and a long élevage in old wood with no topping up, are the house signature. No sulphur goes in, and neither does anything else.
All four varieties are from Domaine du Mazel in the Ardèche. Anders and Anne describe it themselves:
“The very end of four different 4-5 days vertical pressings, starting with Chardonnay, then Viognier and finally the Sauvignon Blanc and Grenache Blanc. Every variety represents an equal amount of this wine. In 2022 we experienced an extreme heat during the summer and therefore grapes with a very expressive aromatic profile, and sadly also with a lack of acidity. It's with that in mind, we in 2022 did a lot of long slow direct pressings and on most of the wines a long élevage, both things something that bring back acidity to the wines.
Due to the heat we also experienced during harvest, the end part of the pressings started to ferment a little bit in the pressoir and also slightly macerate. For that reason, we separated the last days' juice from the juice of the first days, we did this with all the white pressings. This juice, the end pressing juice or 'fin press', we blended into one wine. We had the fermentation start properly and once it happened, we filled it into old barrels. Here we aged the wine for two and a half year, before bottling and another élevage in bottles for more than one and a half year. So, technical a white wine, due to no or very little maceration - but you could argue it's an orange wine - if we categorize by its color and flavor profile. The wine has this bitter tannic structure, known in a macerated or 'orange' style wine. But it's very light and delicate and are expressed more the salty notes and preserved fruity notes than notes of maceration and tannins.”
Bottled at 14% alcohol. The words above are their own, from the 2026 release notes, and we have not yet tried this vintage ourselves.