Les Argiles is a full-bodied wine, with a very nice fat counterbalanced by a minerality and a fine acidity. This makes it a fairly accessible wine in its youth, although it evolves superbly over a decade or so. We really appreciate its finish marked by beautiful notes of citrus!
This wine is at the price of the property
Grape variety: Chenin
Density: 6600 vines/hectare
Age of the vines: 70 years
Cultivation method: biodynamic
Soils: composed of deep clays and white chalks of a clay-limestone nature only. Subsoil made up of tufa, chalk that remains within reach of the roots.
The vines are pruned by Guyot, harvested with successive sorting, yields around 40hecto/hectare
Pneumatic pressing of the harvest, fermentation on indigenous yeasts in demi-muids (600-litre barrels). No malolactic fermentation.
LES ARGILES 2008
Région | Val de Loire |
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Designation | Vouvray |
Color | white |
Vintage | 2008 |
Label | AUCUN |
Capacity | 75cl |
CHIDAINE (Dne. François)
Les Argiles is a full-bodied wine, with a very nice fat counterbalanced by a minerality and a fine acidity. This makes it a fairly accessible wine in its youth, although it evolves superbly over a decade or so. We really appreciate its finish marked by beautiful notes of citrus!
This wine is at the price of the property
Grape variety: Chenin
Density: 6600 vines/hectare
Age of the vines: 70 years
Cultivation method: biodynamic
Soils: composed of deep clays and white chalks of a clay-limestone nature only. Subsoil made up of tufa, chalk that remains within reach of the roots.
The vines are pruned by Guyot, harvested with successive sorting, yields around 40hecto/hectare
Pneumatic pressing of the harvest, fermentation on indigenous yeasts in demi-muids (600-litre barrels). No malolactic fermentation.
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This wine is at the price of the property
Grape variety: Chenin
Density: 6600 vines/hectare
Age of the vines: 70 years
Cultivation method: biodynamic
Soils: composed of deep clays and white chalks of a clay-limestone nature only. Subsoil made up of tufa, chalk that remains within reach of the roots.
The vines are pruned by Guyot, harvested with successive sorting, yields around 40hecto/hectare
Pneumatic pressing of the harvest, fermentation on indigenous yeasts in demi-muids (600-litre barrels). No malolactic fermentation.
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