Le petit Alphée

FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Vin de France

60% Chardonnay and 40% Cabernet Franc

Jonathan Maunoury

Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay vines from Puy Notre-Dame hill planted in the 1980s over clay-limestone soil and clayey sand.

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

Whole cluster pressing. Only the first part of the press is used to make Blanc de Noir from Cabernet Franc. Then fermented over native yeasts.

Aged on lees for 10 months in stainless steel tank and 15% aged in used wooden barrels of 4000 liters.

Neither fined nor filtered. Minimal sulphite add.