Loire Valley

Chinon

Athlètes du Vin

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Chinon

Variety

Cabernet Franc

This crisp and fruity Chinon jumps with delightful red fruit aromas; a well-structured wine with a lingering finish.

Viticulture

Soil type

Clay, limestone, and flint selected from several varying sites

Vine age25 years

Vinification

Fermentation in concrete tanks for 3 weeks

Elevage6 months in oak vats

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average120,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle3760087930993

More about
the producer

Athlètes du Vin

Founded in 1999

Négociant hectares

Les Athlètes du Vin is a négociant project focused on typical, value-driven wines from the Loire Valley. The idea was conceived by a group of French winemakers called Vini Be Good, who work together to distribute their wines across France. The wines are vinified by various members of the Vini Be Good network using their own grapes or grapes purchased from friends and neighbors in the Loire. We are proud to present these wines made by their friends and family, as several of the cuvées are vinified by Gérard Vallée, brother of Mathieu Vallée from Château Yvonne.

The labels for Les Athlètes du Vin are drawings by French artist, illustrator, and cartoonist Michel Tolmer, who has been the unofficial lead artist of the French natural wine movement since the 1990s.