Domaine Belargus

2022 Anjou AOC Rouères (Sec)

"Les Rouères" is one of the three plots originally listed in the decree creating the Quarts-de-Chaume appellation. Domaine Belargus’s plot covers nearly 3 Ha of the total area, exposed on the South-Eastern slope of the rump of Quarts-de-Chaume. The thin and warm soils rest on ‘pudding-stones’ (sand concretions and rolled gravel), accumulating heat during the day and releasing it during the night. This dry cuvée is made from the earlier harvested semi-botrytized grapes while the remainder go into the grand cru dessert wine. Fermented to dry, this muscular chenin brings this powerful terroir to life, replete with the roundness and solar power of those famed pudding-stones.

A fine salinity, signature of this terroir, brings complexity and length on the finish. “A complex nose – floral, gentian and spices – for this racy yet fleshy, dense wine. The texture is superb, with a succulent roundness, some beguiling bitterness and an overall precision and impressive freshness with a menthol flourish.” Best enjoyed between 2025-2035.
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White
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Region:  Quarts-de-Chaume, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC (Fruit from Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru AOC)

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  14.5%

Vineyard & Vine Age: Hand harvested from the single vineyard Les Rouères in the Quarts-de-Chaume hillside. Farmed biodynamically (in conversion), the south-east facing slopes range from 10–30% inclination and are planted on loamy clay soils over distinctive "pudding" sandstones. The Chenin Blanc vines were planted between 1979 and 1985.

Cellar: Fermented with indigenous yeasts and taken through complete MLC. The wine matures for 17 months on fine lees in French oak demi-muids and barrels. Unfined and lightly filtered with kieselguhr (diatomite) prior to bottling.

CSPC:  859231

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Domaine Belargus
2022 Anjou AOC Rouères (Sec)

Region:  Quarts-de-Chaume, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC (Fruit from Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru AOC)

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"Les Rouères" is one of the three plots originally listed in the decree creating the Quarts-de-Chaume appellation. Domaine Belargus’s plot covers nearly 3 Ha of the total area, exposed on the South-Eastern slope of the rump of Quarts-de-Chaume. The thin and warm soils rest on ‘pudding-stones’ (sand concretions and rolled gravel), accumulating heat during the day and releasing it during the night. This dry cuvée is made from the earlier harvested semi-botrytized grapes while the remainder go into the grand cru dessert wine. Fermented to dry, this muscular chenin brings this powerful terroir to life, replete with the roundness and solar power of those famed pudding-stones.

A fine salinity, signature of this terroir, brings complexity and length on the finish. “A complex nose – floral, gentian and spices – for this racy yet fleshy, dense wine. The texture is superb, with a succulent roundness, some beguiling bitterness and an overall precision and impressive freshness with a menthol flourish.” Best enjoyed between 2025-2035.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  14.5%

Vineyard:  Hand harvested from the single vineyard Les Rouères in the Quarts-de-Chaume hillside. Farmed biodynamically (in conversion), the south-east facing slopes range from 10–30% inclination and are planted on loamy clay soils over distinctive "pudding" sandstones. The Chenin Blanc vines were planted between 1979 and 1985.

Cellar: Fermented with indigenous yeasts and taken through complete MLC. The wine matures for 17 months on fine lees in French oak demi-muids and barrels. Unfined and lightly filtered with kieselguhr (diatomite) prior to bottling.

CSPC:  859231

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:  Quarts-de-Chaume, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC (Fruit from Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru AOC)

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

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

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

ABV:  14.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  859231

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

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