Loire Valley
Cheverny Blanc - 2024 - Hervé Villemade
Hervé Villemade
A nose of flowers, grapefruit and yellow fruits. On the palate: it’s all about vibrancy and energy, with a touch of flint stone. Freshness and balance, a wine that delivers!
Ingredients and nutrition facts- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Cheverny AOP
- Bottled by
- Hervé Villemade - 41120
- Colour
- White wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
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A blended cuvée of 80% Sauvignon and 20% Chardonnay, sourced from several vineyard plots aged between 9 and 40 years old, cultivated organically and planted on flinty sand and clay soils in Sologne. The grapes were harvested by hand, sorted in the vineyard. Natural vinification: direct pressing, low-temperature fermentation, indigenous yeasts of course, aged in vats on fine lees for 16 months. Bottled at the estate in December 2025, without fining or filtration, with just a micro-dose of sulfur (1 g/hl).
Hervé Villemade
Hervé Villemade is a natural winemaker situated within the Cheverny appellation. Less of a media darling than his famous neighbour Thierry Puzelat , Hervé and his 25-hectare estate nonetheless have nothing to be shy about. You might say there’s a gentle and productive form of competition between them, a source of motivation perhaps... When the family estate was handed over to him in 1995,...
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