Domaine Vincendeau - 'Loire Gold' - Chenin Blanc - Loire Valley, FR - 2022

Notes from the Winery/Importer

No sparkling wine has ever tasted this pure. It is like entering a room made from Chenin Blanc. Elegant and lovely - fun as hell. VINTAGE: 2020 REGION: Loire Valley, France/ AOC Crémant de Loire GRAPES: Chenin Blanc YEASTS: Native with pied de cuve for first fermentation, commercial organic champagne yeast for 2nd fermentation MACERATION: Direct press FERMENTATION: Partial malo in steel AGED FOR: 6 months in steel, 1-2 years before bottling CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Tangential FARMING: Biodynamic, dry farmed ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12% RESIDUAL SUGAR: 2.1g ADDED SO2: 41ppm VINE AGE: 40 years SOIL: Purple & green schist, volcanic, quartz

Notes on the Producer

Rochefort sur Loire, France

Liv Vincendeau came to the Loire in 2000 with the idea of studying winemaking and eventually having her own domain. She moved from Germany and eventually settled in Rochefort sur Loire when she and her husband found an old farmhouse for sale. Quickly she found a small parcel at the top of the town and immediately started the work of converting the vineyard to organic.

Most of Liv’s parcels are Chenin Blanc, ranging from 10-80 year old vines. There is some cabernet franc, gamay and grolleau. The soil is mostly schist with mineral deposits scattered all over the vineyard. Liv believes in low-interventionist winemaking using naturally occurring yeast and very little sulphur.