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FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Locality:

FRANCE – Loire – Saumur

Appellation:

Vin de France

Grape Variety:

70% Cabernet Franc and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon

WineMaker:

Jonathan Maunoury

Vineyard:

Cabernet Franc vines planted in 1982, and Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted in 2009. Soil comprised of limestone and clay, with sandy clay over tuffeau bedrock. Situated on the Puy-Notre-Dame hill.

Viticulture:

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

WineMaking:

Long and slow whole cluster crushing. Then fermented over indigenous yeasts. Second fermentation in bottle. Remuage and disgorgement without dosage.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered, and no added sulfites. 13 g/L residual sugar. Less than 10 mg/L total SO2.

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