Loire Valley
A nose with subtle vegetal notes (fresh cut grass, mint), abundant flowers (violet), baked apple and honey... Palate: beautiful tension and minerality with lovely liquorice and bitter notes. A saline finish.
A 100% Romorantin cuvée, from 26- and 60-year-old vines grown on a siliceous-clay soil. The estate is certified organic by ECOCERT, with natural grass ground cover between the vine rows. Harvesting by hand, careful grape sorting in the vines, and low yields: 12 hl/ha. Vinification: direct pressing, low temperature fermentation, indigenous yeasts. 23 months of aging, half in demi-muid barrels and half in amphorae, bottled in August 2022 without fining or filtration, just a microdose of sulfites.
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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Minimal sulphites
Sulphites-free wine
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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