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Clair et Obscur

FRANCE – Loire – Anjou
Locality:
FRANCE – Loire – Anjou
Appellation:
Vin de France
Grape Variety:
90% Cabernet Franc and 10% Pineau d’Aunis
WineMaker:
Mathilde Magne
Vineyard:
0.15 ha. planted in 1958 and 2017 over clay-sand soil with schist, sandstone and a few puddingstones.
Viticulture:
Organic (not certified).
WineMaking:
Cabernet Franc is directly pressed with whole cluster, fermented over ambient yeasts. Pineau d’Aunis is 50% de-stemmed, 50% whole cluster, millefeuille maceration (alternative layers between whole and destemmed grapes). Termented over ambient yeasts in tank for the first part, pressed halfway through the fermentation and transferred into used barrels to the second part of fermentation.
Aging:
Cabernet Franc is aged for 5 months in tanks; Pineau d’Aunis is aged for 5 months in used barrels. Then both are blended and aged in tank for 1 additional month.
Bottling:
5-15 mg SO2 added before bottling.
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