Pouilly fume de ladoucette 2022 75 cl

Producer The Rock of the Violets Xavier Weisskopf

Chenin Blanc grape variety

Nestled in Touraine, between the banks of the Cher and the Loire, on clay-limestone soils, is the estate. In the heart of the Châteaux de la Loire region, in the town of Saint-Martin-Le-Beau, there is a 17-hectare wine estate.

Saumur Blanc Les Cormiers Château de Villeneuve 2021 75 cl

The Cormiers are limestone covered with clay. Vinified in 12 hl casks

All around the Château, 25 hectares of Cabernet Franc and Chenin. Two Loire grape varieties to translate the spirit. One red. The other white.

The Chevallier family has been supporting them for over 40 years. Soon 180 seasons…

Menetou Salon Pommerais Blanc la Tour Saint Martin Domaines Minchin 2022 75cl

Saint Martin tower. It was in 1988 that Bertrand MONCHIN embarked on the wine adventure at Menetou Salon, where his grandfather was already producing wine before the war. The plots, well distributed over the heights of the village of Morogues, are made up of 10 hectares of Sauvignon and 7 hectares of Pinot. For almost 30 years now, Bertrand MINCHIN has been making the most of this magnificent Kimmeridgian terroir. Everything is implemented in the vines to produce the most beautiful grapes: ploughing, composting, control of the vegetative balance, control of yields and respect for the environment. environment (area labeled High Environmental Value).

A large part of the vineyard is harvested manually, in order to vinify each plot separately. It is in a perfectly equipped cellar (sorting table, carpet, temperature-controlled vats, wooden vats, pneumatic presses, etc.) that he vinifies his grapes in a minimally interventionist manner. The reds ferment for a long time, are lightly punched down and devatted manually. The whites undergo long pressures, and ferment at a controlled temperature.

Varietal: Sauvignon

Mechanical harvesting. Fermentation in thermo‐regulated stainless steel vats, pressing. Aging in thermo‐regulated stainless steel vats, fining, light filtration, aging on lees

Producer Domaine de la Cour Carrée

Family farm 16 hectares, existing since 1899 in Oisly, near the castles of the Loire: Cheverny, Chambord, Blois and Chaumont sur Loire. This estate is located on the highest point of the town of Oisly with an exceptional location, extending and sharing on the slopes of the Loire Valley and the Cher. These wines are harvested, vinified and bottled at the property.

Vingt Mars Les Pierres d'Aurèle 2022 Touraine Sauvignon 75cl

Les Pierres d'Aurèle is a family wine estate of 20 ha located in the heart of the Loire Valley, a French wine region in the midst of a renaissance.
For ten years, the dynamism of young winegrowers has allowed the Region to rise to the rank of the best French vineyards.
It is in this spirit that we took over the vineyard in 2010 and that we work daily to produce high quality local wines.

The vines are grown on the clay-siliceous soils of Chenonceaux with the greatest respect for our environment. The vines, aged 15 to 105 years, have deliberately limited yields to obtain grapes of optimum quality.

Pierre-André Frot, agricultural engineer and oenologist, is a lover of the vine and its environment. Passionate about his profession, Pierre strives to transmit this passion through the wines he produces.

Passed by great houses of Bordeaux and Burgundy during his studies, he transcribes the rigor and finesse taught in his wines. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Pierre very quickly acquired the Les Pierres d'Aurèle estate after working as a banker for the first 3 years following his studies.

Today, alongside his wife, he leads the life he has always dreamed of between passing on his love of wine and sharing the good things in life.

Fresh, fruity and light white wine, Vingt Mars expresses all the freshness of Sauvignon.

Producer Domaine du Collier Antoine FOUCAULT

Winegrower in Chace

The Domaine du Collier was created in 1999 by Antoine Foucault and Caroline Boireau. Extending on the commune of Brézé, the vines of Antoine and Caroline occupy 6 ha approximately. Most of the estate is in Chenin for white wine and the other part in Cabernet Franc for reds.

The work of the vine is carried out in organic, without product of chemical treatment fertilizer or weed-killer, with a work of the grounds and plowing which makes descend the roots of the vine into the rock of tufa.

Harvesting is manual and the winemaking is done in barrels for two to three years in the cellar.Only when the wine has decided that it is bottled and can finally be tasted.

 

Producer Philippe PORTIER

Winegrower in Brinay

Philippe PORTIER comes from a peasant family established in Brinay for 4 generations, Philippe Portier took over the family business in 1985. Six years later, he created his own vineyard in the Quincy appellation. He actively participated, along with six other estates, in the creation of the Cave Romane, of which he was president for more than 20 years.

He quickly develops his domain banking on the qualities of the terroir Quinçois. Today, it is on more than 20Ha vineyards that Philippe shapes three Quincy vintages with marked identities. If its vintage estate reflects the generosity of Quincy wines, its Quincyte and Jean-Maxime vintages reveal all the finesse of Sauvignon on its preferred terroir.

Producer The Rock of the Violets Xavier Weisskopf

Chenin Blanc grape variety

Nestled in Touraine, between the banks of the Cher and the Loire, on clay-limestone soils, is the estate. In the heart of the Châteaux de la Loire region, in the town of Saint-Martin-Le-Beau, there is a 17-hectare wine estate.

COTEAUX DE L'AUBANCE THE THREE SCHISTES DOMAINE DE MONTGILLET 2017 50CL

Created in the year 1880, the vineyard covered a surface of one hectare and a half during the installation of Victor LEBRETON, died at the age of 97 years in January 97. He was taken over by his son Victor (66 years, now retired) who has teamed up in 1988 with his two children, Victor (37) and Vincent (35).

The harvest was carried out by 5 successive sorts, the last ending at the end of November. “Les Trois Schistes” is the fruit of several sorts harvested on the three terroirs of Domaine de Montgilet. The botrytised harvest had an alcoholic potential of 17% volume on the strain. These bunches or parts of bunches were harvested in 30 kg crates to avoid any crushing and were subjected to slow and long pressing in the vertical press. All this without re-digging, in an attempt to extract the maximum structure from the grape while preserving “finesse and elegance”. This cuvée has fermented and been aged in barrels.

COTEAUX OF THE AUBANCE DOMAINE DE MONTGILLET 2020 

Created in the year 1880, the vineyard covered a surface of one hectare and a half during the installation of Victor LEBRETON, died at the age of 97 years in January 97. He was taken over by his son Victor (66 years, now retired) who has teamed up in 1988 with his two children, Victor (37) and Vincent (35).

The Coteaux-de-l'Aubance AOC comes from the Aoc ANJOU. Located on the right bank of the Loire. These mellow white wines are produced on an area of ​​165 hectares, south of Angers, whose constitution is very homogeneous.