Country: France
Region: Savennières, Loire Valley
Appellation: Savennières AOC
Climate: Cool Oceanic climate
Altitude: 12 - 77m
Soils: Rare purple slate schists with a thin top soil.
Varietal/Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Fermentation: Hand picked. Fermentation with indigenous / native yeast.
Ageing: Aged 24 months on the gross lees in French oak demi-muid (600L) and barrique (228L) (average age of oak is 5 years), unfined, slight filtration at time of bottling (dieselgur diatomite).
Vineyard & Vine Age: Biodynamic. Located at the beginning of the Côte des Forges, at the base of La Roche-aux-Moines, the "Clos des Ruchères" (monopole) rests on a hillside of purple schists which are rare in the appellation area. It is covered with a very thin layer of soil, only about twenty centimetres deep. Slate schists, deeply fractured and very friable, degrade to form clays with a silky feel. This tiny steep plot is worked like its own garden.
ABV: 14.0%
Produced Cases: Three barrels
CSPC: 872229
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Savennières, Loire Valley
Appellation: Savennières AOC
Climate: Cool Oceanic climate
Altitude: 12 - 77m
Soils: Rare purple slate schists with a thin top soil.
Varietal/Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Fermentation: Hand picked. Fermentation with indigenous / native yeast.
Ageing: Aged 24 months on the gross lees in French oak demi-muid (600L) and barrique (228L) (average age of oak is 5 years), unfined, slight filtration at time of bottling (dieselgur diatomite).
Vineyard & Vine Age: Biodynamic. Located at the beginning of the Côte des Forges, at the base of La Roche-aux-Moines, the "Clos des Ruchères" (monopole) rests on a hillside of purple schists which are rare in the appellation area. It is covered with a very thin layer of soil, only about twenty centimetres deep. Slate schists, deeply fractured and very friable, degrade to form clays with a silky feel. This tiny steep plot is worked like its own garden.
ABV: 14.0%
Produced Cases: Three barrels
CSPC: 872229
T: 403-604-0408 | E: andrew@vinoalvino.ca
T: 780-203-5284 | E: joe@vinoalvino.ca
TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Savennières, Loire Valley
Appellation: Savennières AOC
Climate: Cool Oceanic climate
Altitude: 12 - 77m
Soils: Rare purple slate schists with a thin top soil.
Varietal/Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Fermentation: Hand picked. Fermentation with indigenous / native yeast.
Ageing: Aged 24 months on the gross lees in French oak demi-muid (600L) and barrique (228L) (average age of oak is 5 years), unfined, slight filtration at time of bottling (dieselgur diatomite).
Vineyard & Vine Age: Biodynamic. Located at the beginning of the Côte des Forges, at the base of La Roche-aux-Moines, the "Clos des Ruchères" (monopole) rests on a hillside of purple schists which are rare in the appellation area. It is covered with a very thin layer of soil, only about twenty centimetres deep. Slate schists, deeply fractured and very friable, degrade to form clays with a silky feel. This tiny steep plot is worked like its own garden.
ABV: 14.0%
Produced Cases: Three barrels
CSPC: 872229
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
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