Touraine Azay le Rideau Rose de Silex

Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

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Type

Rose Wine

Appellation

Touraine Azay le Rideau

Variety

75% Grolleau
25% Gamay

Rose de Silex is a tiny cuvée of rosé aged in foudres for one year. Philippe and Nicolas decided to create this gastronomic rosé to show how the terroir of Azay-le-Rideau is perfect for complex rosés that will benefit from ageing .

Viticulture

Vineyard name

La Surprise

Soil type

Clay and silex with limestone bedrock

Vine age1975

Vineyard size4 ha

PruningGuyot Poulssard

ExpositionSoutheast

Vinification

Direct press, temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel with native yeasts

Elevage12 months in oak and acacia mixed barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Filtration "sur terre blanche"

Additional info

Total production average900 bottles

UPC Code Bottle741718812911

More about
the producer

Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

Founded in 2012

12 hectares

In 2013, longtime friends Nicolas Grosbois and Philippe Mesnier purchased 12 hectares of vines in Azay-le-Rideau, an excellent though relatively unknown terroir located a few kilometers east of Chinon. They immediately began farming all the vines organically, and set about on an ambitious project to reintroduce the wines of Azay-le-Rideau. Traditionally, Azay-le-Rideau is famous for white wines made from Chenin Blanc and rosé wines made from Grolleau and Gamay.

Most of the vineyards are located in Azay-le-Rideau on the lieu-dit "Hauts Baigneux." The domaine also owns a two hectare plot in Saché, close to the former studio of famed American artist Alexander Calder. This great flint-heavy terroir produces the two top cuvées of the domaine: Le Clos des Brancs and Blanc Chen...