Loire Valley
There were hearts on our tasting notes... that says it all! A Cabernet Franc that is much more floral, light, and easy to drink, with aromas that make us think of Pinot Noir, and it's really very good!!! It's very fresh, delicious, and elegant, like a little candy.
Ingredients and nutrition facts
100% Cabernet Franc from young vines grown organically and planted on the Clos Forènes plot (0.15 ha), which shows sandy soils. The grapes were harvested by hand. Vinification: in whole bunches for this second vintage, spontaneous fermentation, two weeks of semi-carbonic maceration, gentle pressing, 12 months of aging in old 228-liter Chenin barrels from the François Frères cooperage. Blending of the barrels, light filtration, bottling at the estate without fining, with just a micro-dose of sulfur.
Caroline and Hervé Malinge — vintages 1991 and 1990 — run Domaine des Sables Verts in Saumur. She’s from Picardy, he’s from the Vendée, and they first met at business school in Bordeaux, already dreaming of one day owning their own estate — a dream their friends didn’t quite believe in. Hervé is doing a work-study stint at Château Jean Faure in Saint-Émilion, while Caroline works as a sales...
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Organic or biodynamic wine
Minimal sulphites
Organic or biodynamic wine
Organic or biodynamic wine
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Organic or biodynamic wine
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