Type

White Wine

Appellation

Touraine

Variety

Sauvignon Blanc

Each year, Domaine Tardieux-Gal begins their harvest with the Les Sagères vineyard. This flinty site is located at the top of the hillside of the village of Thésée, on the right bank of the Cher River. This terroir showcases an aromatic and floral expression of Sauvignon Blanc. Domaine Tardieux-Gal's vines have been certified organic since 1998. Grapes are hand harvested and vinified with native yeasts, with no added sugar and only a small amount of sulfites used.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Les Sagères, Les Trois Chênes, Carreau Bigot

Soil type

White clay, flint, silex, and sand soils

Vine ageVines planted between 1985 and 2020

Vineyard size3 ha

PruningGuyot

ExpositionSoutheast

Vinification

Fruit is direct-pressed and spontaneously fermented in steel

Elevage6 months in stainless steel vats

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringFined with bentonite (white clay) / Tangential filtration

Additional info

Total production average12,000 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...