Domaine Robert Serol Cote Roannaise Les Blondins 2014 750 ML

LOCATION: Loire Valley, Cote Roannaise, Renaison. Size, Varieties, Etc: 24 hectares planted almost entirely to gamay de saint romain with just a little viognier, vine age ranges from 5 to 90 years old, with an average of 40 years old. Vineyards are planted 9,000 to 10,000 vines per hectare, at least twice the legal minimum. VITICULTURE: sustainable, terra vitis certified. Les blondins is certified organic. Terroir: pink granite and porphyry, south and southeastern exposure, 350 to 450 meters altitude. WINEMAKING: partial or full whole cluster carbonic maceration with temperature control in cement vats. Indigenous yeast fermentation. Aging for 3 to 8 months in tank. Wines are usually fined and lightly filtered. Noteworthy: at its apogee, in the late 19th century, the region counted 20,000 hectares of vineyards. Today there are only 200. Gamay de Saint Romain is a type of gamay exclusively found in the Cote Roannaise and Cote du Forez. It gets the name from its geographical origin, …