Touraine Chenonceaux Avec Vue Sur le Cher

Domaine Tardieux

Courtault-Tardieux - Touraine Chenonceaux 'Avec Vue Sur le Cher'
Type

White Wine

Appellation

Touraine Chenonceaux

Variety

Sauvignon Blanc

Avec Vue Sur le Cher comes from a vineyard plot planted in 2002 on one of the first slopes of the Cher River. The site has a southeastern exposure, with a nearly 4% slope, and is dominated by filtering clay-limestone soils.

Viticulture
Vineyard name

Maison Verdier

Soil type

Orange clay on limestone-rich soils

Vine age2002
Vineyard size0.5 ha
PruningGuyot
ExpositionSoutheast
Vinification

Fruit is direct-pressed and spontaneously fermented in steel and fiberglass tanks (no malolactic fermentation)

Elevage10 months on fine lees in fiberglass and steel tanks
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringFined with bentonite (white clay) / Tangential filtration
Additional info
Total production average2,200 bottles