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FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Locality:

FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Appellation:

Saumur

Grape Variety:

100% Cabernet Franc

WineMaker:

Jonathan Maunoury

Vineyard:

Situated mid-slope (60-70m) on the west side on the Puy-Notre-Dame hill. The vines were planted between 1997 and 1999 on rocky soil with clay-limestone over tuffeau bedrock.

Viticulture:

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

WineMaking:

50% whole cluster fermentation over indigenous yeasts for 10 days. 50% de-stemmed and macerated for 4 days then slow crushing. Blend after de-vatting.

Aging:

Aged on lees for 8 months in stainless steel tank.

Bottling:

The wine is unfined, unfiltered and bottled without any added sulfites. Less than 10 mg/L total SO2 and 0.1 g/L residual sugar.

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