Consonance

FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Locality:

FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Appellation:

Vin de France

Grape Variety:

70% Cabernet Franc and 30% Pineau d’Aunis

WineMaker:

Jonathan Maunoury

Vineyard:

Cabernet Franc vines planted in 1997 and Pineau d’Aunis vines planted in 2009. Shallow clay-limestone soil over bedrock of tuffeau. Situated mid-slope in Puy-Notre-Dame, southwest of Saumur.

Viticulture:

Certified biodynamic (Demeter). Guyot-Poussard pruning. De-budding.

WineMaking:

Slow whole cluster pressing. Maceration for 2 weeks in stainless steel and fiberglass tanks. Then fermented over indigenous yeasts.

Aging:

Aged on lees for 7 months in stainless steel tank.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered. 5 g/L residual sugar. 30 mg/L total SO2.

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