100% Cabernet Franc. The vieilles vignes in this case are estate vines ranging from 50 to 100 years old and scattered across a range of parcels on clay-limestone soils. The farming is certified-organic and is in conversion to biodynamics (on track for certification in the 2021 vintage). The bunches...
100% Cabernet Franc. "La Grande Vignolle" is a single 6-hectare vineyard on a limestone plateau above a cliff along the Loire a few miles from the winery at the northern limit of the Saumur-Champigny appellation. The vines average 40 years old and the farming is certified-organic and in conversion...
100% Cabernet Franc. This is the classic wine from the estate, the first wine bottled by founder Paul Filliatreau and popularized in Parisian bistros back in the 1970s. Today the wine comes from a mix of parcels on clay-limestone soils. The vines average 35 years old and are certified-organic and...
100% Chenin Blanc. Château Fouquet is a lieu-dit in the village of Brézé 10 kilometers east of Saumur. Filliatreau acquired some partly abandoned Cab Franc vines here in the 1990s and set about converting the farming first to organics (certified since 1998) and then to biodynamics (certified since...
100% Chenin Blanc. Filliatreau sources most of the fruit from Saumur neighbors for "Lena", as they have relatively little Chenin Blanc on their own certified-organic estate. As a rule, the vines are farmed sustainably and range from 10-20 years old; Filliatreau does the harvesting themselves. The...