Organic

Touraine Rouge Sanguine

Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

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Hauts Baigneux Sanguine

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Touraine

Variety

100% Cabernet Franc

A nod to Nicolas' history just across the forest in Chinon, Sanguine is a 100% Cabernet Franc. It comes from the low part of the hillside in the lieu-dit Hauts Baigneux where the soils are dominated by flint. The grapes are harvested at full maturity to create a full-bodied red wine with smooth tannins.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Hauts-Baigneux (Cheillé), from the lower part of the slope with more flint

Soil type

Clay with a high proportion of silex with limestone bedrock

Vine age1960s

Vineyard size1 ha

PruningGuyot Poulsard

ExpositionNorthwest

Vinification

Fruit is harvested at full maturity, then undergoes nine days maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks with native yeasts and no added sulfites or added sugars.

ElevageStainless steel tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Filtration "sur terre blanche"

Additional info

Total production average6,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle794020260116

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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...