Loire Valley
Octopus Blanc - 2022 - Laurent Troubat
L'Austral
A complex nose with notes of almonds, white flowers, beeswax, and pears... A rich, dense, intense and mineralesque palate, with a toasted finish. A great deal of pleasure for the price, this is a wine for fans of Chenin... and everyone else!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Saumur
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2023 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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100% Chenin from 40 to 80-year-old vines, farmed organically and planted on a single plot known as the Clos Degas, on the Cerisaie hill. The grapes are harvested by hand, followed by natural vinification: long and gentle pressing, settling by gravity, fermentation and maturation in vats for 8 months. Bottled at the estate on the 7th of April 2023, without fining and with just a microdose of sulphur.

Laurent Troubat
Laurent Troubat (from Savoie) and Pauline Mourrain (from Brittany) met at engineering school in Strasbourg. Graduating in 2011, they quickly realised they’d chosen the wrong career. Their longing for open spaces, their desire to reconnect with nature, to meet amazing people, led them to raise anchor and set sail for Australia. The young couple would work in different types of farming:...
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