Domaine de L'R Chinon 'Les Houttes' Chenin Blanc 2024 (750 ml)

Loire Valley AOP - Chinon
Age of vines 4 years old
Residual sugar <0.3g/L
ABV 12%
Acidity 4.5 g/L
pH 3.23
SO2 56 mg/L

Single Guyot pruning.

Winemaking
Harvest by hand, direct pressing. Setling. Fermentation in stainless steel vats with indigenous yeasts. Aging in 600L oak cask on fine lees during 12 months. Light sulphiting if necessary during bottling (<20 g/hl of SO2).

Domaine de L’R lies on a vast gravel plain on the right bank of the Vienne, in the heart of the Chinon appellation. Having initially learned the profession in Spain, Frédéric Sigonneau returned to Touraine in 2004 and founded the domaine in 2007 on the vestiges of the family domaine in Cravant les Coteaux. Frédéric has always used organic methods to grow his Cabernet Franc vines and chooses to use no herbicides or pesticides, instead treating the land with copper and sulphur. The grapes are harvested by hand and taken to the cellars in crates. The wines are vatted using a gravity system, light pumping over operations is carried out and the yeasts are indigenous.

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