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Les Quatres Piliers "Chapitre I"

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Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

Region: Touraine, Loire, France

Vintage: 2024

Viticulture: Organic

Soils: Clay + Flinty Limestone

Vinification: macerated in stainless steel for 15 days before transferring to 225L barrels 

Aging: 12 months

Fining or Filtering: None

Sulfur: 3 g/hl

Notes from the Importer:  The origin story of Domaine des Quatre Piliers centers around Valentin Desloges, a young winemaker born in 1993 who set out to redefine the potential of his native Touraine region in the Loire Valley. The son of a local grape grower, Valentin chose not to simply take over his family’s high-yield estate. Instead, he embarked on a global winemaking journey, studying in Bordeaux, crafting Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand, and working in Alsace. His definitive breakthrough came in Burgundy, where he honed his craft under the mentorship of elite legends like Thierry Pillot in Chassagne-Montrachet and Raphaël Coche at the iconic, cult-status Coche-Dury in Meursault. This elite training instilled in him an obsessive dedication to micro-terroirs, parcel-by-parcel vinification, and patient barrel aging.

Armed with these Burgundian techniques, Valentin returned home in 2020 to found his own 10-hectare estate, naming it "The Four Pillars" after the massive underground ventilation shafts that plunge into the historic limestone quarries beneath his vines. He immediately transitioned the land to strict organic farming and slashed fruit yields in half compared to his neighbors to achieve intense flavor concentration. Rejecting commercial yeasts and heavily limiting sulfites, he lets the natural ecosystem drive the wine. In a remarkably rare move, Valentin even harvests oak from his own estate forest, partnering with a local cooperage to craft custom aging barrels so that the literal wood of his homeland shapes the flavor profile of his acclaimed Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc cuvées.