EARL DU DOMAINE DE ROCHEVILLE (ARTANNES-SUR-THOUET) La Favorite White 2015 Crémant de Loire
Description
Viticulture
Terroir: On the Parnay plateau, at the edge of the Loire Valley. Clay-limestone from the Turonien Supérieur. Area: 30 ares. Age of the vines: about 50 years old (old vines). Yield 60 HL/Ha. Sustainable agriculture since 2005, certified Terra Vitis since Vintage 2011 and Organic Agriculture since Vintage 2016 (certification in 2019). Natural grassed and preservation of the biodiversity (plantation of hedges, wooded areas...) in order to favor the natural defences of the vine. Manual harvestings.
Vinification
The grapes are slightly under-ripe and carefully transported in openworked boxes to the press. The juice obtained by a delicate pneumatic pressing is put into oak barrels for the alcoholic fermentation.
Wine aging
The resulting base wine is matured on thin dregs for 8 months before the "tirage". After bottling, the wine is aged on laths for a minimum of 36 months. This time in the cellar allows the wine to develop its natural bubbles according to the Traditional method.
Tasting notes
This Crémant de Loire extra-brut has a fresh nose marked by notes of white fruit (pear) and white flowers (hawthorn). Its fine and harmonious bubbles reveal all the refinement and aromatic complexity of Chenin: a beautiful attack in the mouth where freshness and length of the aromas (hazelnut) are combined.