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Red Fruit and Herbaceous, Leather / Earthy
BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium +
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)
Origin: Loire Valley (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume & More), France
Grape Varietals:
Cabernet Franc
Winemaking:
Organic, No fining, No filtering, and No Sulfides Added
Destemmed, Crushed, and Wild yeast
Maturation: 7-12 Months Oak Barrels
Awards:
WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Turkey, portobello mushroom burger, game, tenderloin
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Roast duck, Iberico pork jowl don
Antoine’s entry level wine is a lovely, pure expression of this terroir. It smacks of Curnonsky’s admonition that “things should taste of what they are”. And it demonstrates the level of quality achievable and why there’s so much interest in this Appellation now.
Grape Varietals & Region: 100% 45+ year old Cabernet Franc. Antoine Sanzay is the seventh generation of the Sanzay family to farm vines in the village of Varrains. The grapes come selected for the 'La Paterne' label come from the Saumur-Champigny estate, which comprises 11 ha of limestone driven soils. Antoine has long been known as one of the great farmers in the village and has been certified organic since 2014.
Taste Profile: Antoine Sanzay Saumur-Champigny 'La Paterne' is richly aromatic. Classic cassis and raspberry Cabernet Franc fruit, cool and with a touch of coffee spice, it’s medium-bodied has juicy acidity, velvet tannins with a gentle cleansing astringency to keep the backbone of the wine. Freshness and drinkability with elegance and more than just a touch of complexity!
Winemaking Process: The harvest is picked by hand into small crates and carefully sorted upon entry to the cellar. The fruit is de-stemmed and moved to concrete vat mechanically without any pumping. It’s fermented by natural yeasts and without any additives other than a minimal dose of sulfites with a maceration of around 30 days. Then the wine is aged in 40% wood and 60% concrete tanks and blend a month before bottling.
Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early
These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction
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