Country: France
Region: Savennières, Maine-et-Loire
Appellation: Vin de France
Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc
Style: Red
ABV: 13.5% by vol.
Yield: 20-30 ha/hl
Terroir: Silty clay, with 40% rhyolite and 60% schist. Saint Aubin de Luigné.
Average age of vines: 45 years
Farming: Dry-farmed. Certified organic. Treatments are limited to vegetal decoctions and manure, essential oils, and herbs (nettle, horsetail and comfrey), with minimal doses of copper.
Harvest: By hand
Vinification: Select whole clusters are blended with 20-40% hand-destemmed bunches in fiberglass tanks. Free-run juice collected over a ten-day period, aged in fiberglass tanks for six months. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining. No filtration. Bottled by hand.
Aging: Fiberglass, 6+ months
Sulfur added: None
Region: Savennières, Maine-et-Loire
Appellation: Vin de France
Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc
Style: Red
ABV: 13.5% by vol.
Yield: 20-30 ha/hl
Terroir: Silty clay, with 40% rhyolite and 60% schist. Saint Aubin de Luigné.
Average age of vines: 45 years
Farming: Dry-farmed. Certified organic. Treatments are limited to vegetal decoctions and manure, essential oils, and herbs (nettle, horsetail and comfrey), with minimal doses of copper.
Harvest: By hand
Vinification: Select whole clusters are blended with 20-40% hand-destemmed bunches in fiberglass tanks. Free-run juice collected over a ten-day period, aged in fiberglass tanks for six months. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining. No filtration. Bottled by hand.
Aging: Fiberglass, 6+ months
Sulfur added: None