Clos de l’Échelier

Saumur-Champigny
Cabernet-Franc

Robe

This wine offers the robe of a lively red with lovely violet highlights.

Nose

The wine presents itself elegantly to the nose, bringing fruity aromas of cherry and strawberry.

Body

Ample texture in the mouth and fatty through to the long endnote. The fruit radiates with elegance.

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Terroir

Clay-limestone known as Late Turonian. r
Very shallow soil, with just 30 to 50 cm before a bed of rock.

Vine care

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Vinification

Manual harvest in wooden crates, harvest sorting table before vatting using a conveyor belt.
Fermentation in truncated conical Stoeckinger vat at 16°C to 24°C to draw out the most possible aromas and richness; fermentation finished at a temperature of 24°C.
Vatting for 10 to 18 days, 100% destemmed .

Pairing
This wine goes perfectly with a red meat tartar or game.