2020 Folle Blanche

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Pays Nantais, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP

Climate:  Cool Atlantic

Altitude: 

Soils:  Light and stony with sand on schist

Varietal/Blend:  100% Folle Blanche

Fermentation:  Pneumatic press. Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on lees in underground glass lined vats and French oak from the Taransaud Forest.

Ageing:  6 months in Taransaud French oak and underground glass tiled vats.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Plots of vines planted in 1974 in villages La Chapelle-Heulin and le Landreau named la Richardière and Fromenteaux. Light and stony soil, with sand on schist.

Spring soil preparation has been performed in a traditional manner (earthing down and hoeing) throughout the entire estate since 2009. Vines only see natural preparations (no chemical products). They sow cover crops such as pulses and cereals at the end of summer, with close attention to the needs of each crop. Soil life is stimulated with biodynamic preparations 500 and 501. Vines are short cut pruned (single guyot) during winter. Vine density is 6,500 plants per hectare. Careful sorting is carried out in the vineyard by their team of grape harvesters.

ABV:  11.0%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  865312