Chateau de Chaintres 'Les Sables' Saumur Champigny 2020 VALPOLICELLA including using whole cluster fermentation

including using whole cluster fermentation

instead it is the inclusion of reserve wine that goes through malolactic fermentation because it has gone more temperature swings

These days most Provence wineries need to add lots of acid to get balance (not us at our high elevation spot)

ochre-tinged color is highly evocative of the sun-soaked Provençal countryside

Elliot Vineyard is tucked between Hellenthal Vineyards and the easternmost boundary of the Hirsch Vineyard

Chateau de Chaintres 'Les Sables' Saumur Champigny 2020 VALPOLICELLA including using whole cluster fermentationThe Chteau de Chaintres itself is stunning: a mid 17th century mansion that combines bucolic charm and gentle majesty in a manner quite particular to this part of the Loire. Les Sables is the estates primary cuve of Cabernet Franc. The grapes are hand harvested and fully destemmed before fermenting with native yeasts in steel tanks.