Domaine Belargus

Coteaux-du-Layon Chaume 1er Cru AOC Layon (Doux)

This cuvée comes from Belargus’s plots bordering the Layon tributary, famous for their semi-sweet acid-trip Chenins. These vines were replanted last between 1986-89, growing in seven neighbouring, ancient, 1er cru parcels of the Coteaux-du-Layon slopes: Clos des Bois, Clos des Douze, La Fresnaye, Les Brosses, Les Planches, Les Piries, and La Gordonne. These sites are rich in schists both above and shot through the loamy clay soil that give these wines such power, further enriched by the reflective warmth of the Layon river.

Expect notes of fresh fruit and citrus, a suave mouthfeel and a posture correcting acidity structuring a deeply aromatic balance of notes like pineapple, apricot and honey. That dazzling, textured acid brings focus and energy to the glass, giving the wine clarity through juxtaposition with its full bodied sweetness. Fresh and delicious. Enjoyable now but even better saved for 2030-2050. Best served at 8-10C.
France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan

Region:  Côteaux-du-Layon, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Côteaux-du-Layon AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  11.5%

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

Cellar: Domaine Belargus Layon (Doux) is hand picked and fermented with indigenous yeast to preserve purity. The wine is aged seven months in stainless steel, with 102 g/L residual sugar, and lightly filtered with kieselgur diatomite before bottling.

CSPC:  859232

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Domaine Belargus
Coteaux-du-Layon Chaume 1er Cru AOC Layon (Doux)

Region:  Côteaux-du-Layon, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Côteaux-du-Layon AOC

France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan
This cuvée comes from Belargus’s plots bordering the Layon tributary, famous for their semi-sweet acid-trip Chenins. These vines were replanted last between 1986-89, growing in seven neighbouring, ancient, 1er cru parcels of the Coteaux-du-Layon slopes: Clos des Bois, Clos des Douze, La Fresnaye, Les Brosses, Les Planches, Les Piries, and La Gordonne. These sites are rich in schists both above and shot through the loamy clay soil that give these wines such power, further enriched by the reflective warmth of the Layon river.

Expect notes of fresh fruit and citrus, a suave mouthfeel and a posture correcting acidity structuring a deeply aromatic balance of notes like pineapple, apricot and honey. That dazzling, textured acid brings focus and energy to the glass, giving the wine clarity through juxtaposition with its full bodied sweetness. Fresh and delicious. Enjoyable now but even better saved for 2030-2050. Best served at 8-10C.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  11.5%

Vineyard:  Domaine Belargus Layon (Doux) comes from seven hilly parcels totalling 6.5 hectares at 12–77 meters altitude. The vines, planted between 1986 and 1989, grow on loamy clays over schist, silt, and pudding-stone soils, near the Layon river.

Cellar: Domaine Belargus Layon (Doux) is hand picked and fermented with indigenous yeast to preserve purity. The wine is aged seven months in stainless steel, with 102 g/L residual sugar, and lightly filtered with kieselgur diatomite before bottling.

CSPC:  859232

Winemakers Note: []

What the Critics are saying: []

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Côteaux-du-Layon, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Côteaux-du-Layon AOC

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  11.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  859232

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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