Rouge Gorge (Pineau d’ Aunis)
‘The Rouge Gorge cuvée pays tribute to the little bird that appears outside our cellars in spring. It celebrates the Pineau d’Aunis grape variety.’
A blend from 14 plots (3.7 ha) in the communes of Marçon, Lhomme and Chahaignes. Pineau d’Aunis vines aged between 10 and 60 years on flinty clay soils over tuffeau limestone.
Alcoholic fermentation in vats with foot-treading. Pneumatic pressing. Natural cold settling. Natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts and malolactic fermentation in barrels. Aged in 350-litre barrels and a concrete egg on fine lees for 12 months, followed by 12 months in bottle.
Producer
Domaine Belliviere
Loire, França