Touraine Rouge Les Pentes

Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

Hauts Baigneux Les Pentes
Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Touraine

Variety

100% Cabernet Franc

Les Pentes is blend of three classic Loire Valley red grapes: Cabernet Franc, Gamay, and Grolleau. Cabernet Franc provides the backbone and structure for the wine, Gamay adds fruitiness, and Grolleau, the energy and freshness. The Grolleau is especially typical of the area around Azay-le-Rideau. This easy-drinking, food-friendly red wine is inspired by the fillettes of wine sold by the liter in cafés and bistrots throughout the Loire Valley and in Paris, and embodies the same spirit of affordable, enjoyable, and affable companionship to any meal.

Viticulture
Vineyard name

Les Pentes (Hauts-Baigneux)

Soil type

Clay with limestone bedrock

Vine age25 years average
Vineyard size5 ha
PruningGuyot Poulssard
Vinification

Natural yeast fermentation in concrete tanks

ElevageStainless steel tanks
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined / Filtration "sur terre blanche"
Additional info
Total production average15,000 bottles
UPC Code Bottle652012287926