Loire Valley
A nose of ripe fruit, blueberry, plum, cherry, and sweet spices, with a hint of sandalwood. Rather full bodied and powerful for this variety, this is a complex wine, without lacking smoothness and freshness – a very well balanced cuvée.
A blend of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon from vines grown organically and planted around 1970 on clay-limestone soils in Champigny, on two tiny parcels at the vineyard site “Boutifolle”. Harvesting is done by hand, with yields of around 25 hl/ha. Vinification: the grapes are destemmed, followed by 40 days of maceration by infusion (with little extraction), blending of free-run and press juices, and 9 months of maturation in 225-litre barrels that have seen several wines. Bottled at the estate without fining, filtration, or added sulphites.
Sophie and Clément Maire-Kurdziel, just in their early forties, are respectively from Moselle and Aveyron in France, and met at the university in Montpellier. Both became oenologists, they worked for large Estates in France and abroad, before returning to the Loire Valley. Being actually close to the field and the vineyards, they quickly realized the limits of chemistry, and became more...
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