Grapes: Cabernet Franc
Region: Loire, France
Vintage: 2021
Viticulture: Organic
Soils: Clay + Limestone + Tuffeau
Vinification : macerated in open wood vats
Aging : fermented and aged for 18 months in wooden foudres
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: None
Notes from the Importer: Catherine and Pierre Breton’s son, Paul, has set up his own cellar in Vouvray, about thirty miles upriver of the family's headquarters in the Bourgueil appellation. He focuses exclusively on whites, and this festive pet-nat is new addition to the Breton lineup conceived and executed entirely by Paul.
Clos Sénéchal is one of the top two red Bourgueil wines produced by the Bretons. It is from a parcel on the hillside above the plateau of Galichets, where clay and limestone soil sits atop the famed tuffeau of the Loire, the chalky white limestone quarried to build many of the famed châteaux of the region. Sénéchal is macerated in open wood vats and fermented and aged in wooden foudres. It is bottled without fining or filtration after 18 months of aging.
