Grapes: Grolleau Gris
Region: Loire, France
Vintage: 2023
Viticulture: Organic + Biodynamic (uncertified)
Soils: Sandy clay silt with chalk alterations
Vinification: Short, whole-cluster maceration. Slow pressing with wooden basket presses.
Aging: Old oak
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: Minimal added
Notes from the Importer: After learning with Olivier Cousin and Eric Dubois, François bought his own place near Saumur and started to make unconventional and very natural wines in huge cathedral-like troglodyte cellars. These caves are ideal for vinifying because of the natural temperature control and humidity. François works the vineyards with horses. In the cellar he uses old barrels, fibreglass tanks and the hundred year-old press that was there when he bought the place.
