Touraine Chenonceaux Avec Vue Sur le Cher

Domaine Tardieux

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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

More about
the producer

Domaine Tardieux

Founded in 1977 (Simon joined in 2009)

16 hectares

As a teenager, Simon Tardieux began working in the vines at a famous organic domaine called Clos Roche Blanche. After university and a short stint as a social worker, he decided to return to Thésée and get back to viticulture – the only problem was that he didn’t have any vineyards. In 2009, Simon teamed up with his neighbor Alain Courtault, who had been farming organically since 1998, but was still selling most of his harvest off to the local coop. Together, they created a range of simple, eminently drinkable wines that showcase the best of French farming, and a decade later, they are bottling all of their grapes.

Following Alain's retirement in 2020, Simon took over the domaine gradually, mentored along the way by Alain. The work in the vineyards goes far beyond follow...