100% Cabernet Franc. Paul Filliatreau bought 6.5 hectares of lieu-dit Château Fouquet in the village of Brézé, which is about 10 kilometers east of the town Saumur and just outside the lines of the Saumur-Champigny appellation. Parts of the vineyard had been abandoned, and he began replanting with...
100% Cabernet Franc. From 40-year-old, certified-organic estate vines on clay-limestone soils across many different parcels. The harvest is mainly manual, depending on the vintage. The bunches are destemmed; fermentation is with native yeasts in stainless steel; maceration is around 10 days; aging...
100% Cabernet Franc. From 45-year-old, certified-organic estate vines from a 6-hectare vineyard called La Grande Vignolle. The lieu-dit is on a chalk cliff on calcareous clay soils, set back from the Loire River on a high plateau at the northern limit of the Saumur-Champigny appellation. The...
100% Cabernet Franc. For its entry-level red bottling, Filliatreau sources from Saumur-Champigny colleagues to augment their own certified-organic estate fruit. The vines average 45 years old and are harvested in part manually and in part mechanically. The bunches are destemmed and fermented with...
100% Chenin Blanc. Filliatreau sources fruit from Saumur neighbors for their white, as they have limited Chenin Blanc on their own certified-organic estate. The vines are in the 10-15-year-old range for this entry-level bottling. The bunches are harvested by hand, pressed directly and fermented to...
