2019 AOC Saumur Le Puy-Notre-Dame - Tandem Rose
2019 AOC Saumur Le Puy-Notre-Dame - Tandem Rose
A Cabernet Franc and Grolleau Noir blend. Gentle pressing, fermentation in vats. Light filtration before bottling.
Cuvée: Tandem Rose
Style: Still
Colour: Rose
Grapes/Blend: Cabernet Franc, Grolleau Noir
ABV: 13%Vintage: 2019
Winemaking: Manual harvesting. Gentle pressing, fermentation in vats at a temperature high enough for a rosé (18-20°C). Light filtration before bottling. Bottled in January 2018
Sulphur: 30 mg/l
Classically trained winemaking husband and wife duo Melanie and Aymeric returned to Saumur in 2006. Starting out by renting vines, then in 2008 purchasing the 4.5 hectares they farm today. Chenin, Cabernet Franc and Grolleau across four plots on the slope of Clos de Cerisae looking towards the village of Puy-Notre-Dame. Clos de Cerisaie are their older vines - 50-year-old, with Billes de Roche being the younger vines at 25 years. Soil is clay on limestone. Sulphur use is kept to a minimum.