Domaine François Chidaine - Les Argiles 2017 Vin de France
Domaine François Chidaine - Les Argiles 2017
Despite all our efforts to protect our vines from frost, we lost 20% of our harvest on the night of April 26 to 27, 2017. Same night as 2016! Fortunately we made the choice to join forces with several winegrowers from Montlouis so that helicopters fly over the vines in the early morning and, with the help of bales of straw, they have managed to save the majority of the grapes! Spring was relatively stable, despite the famous frost at the end of April, as well as summer. 2017, a complicated but early year. The harvest began on September 11 and ended on October 5.
GRAPE: 100% Chenin Blanc VINES: 40 years
ALCOHOLIC DEGREE: 13% RESIDUAL SUGARS: 3.50 g / L
BOTTLING: August 2018 TOTAL ACIDITY: 3.71 g / L
SOILS: it is composed of deep clays and white chalk, only clay-limestone in nature.
HARVEST: manual with successive sorting
METHOD OF CULTURE: The vineyard is managed in Biodynamics. No chemical phytosanitary product is used in the vineyard. The soils are grassed, honey plants and nematicides are sown in the rows. The preparations used come only from processed plant, animal and mineral materials. The qualities and particularities of each terroir are thus respected. The challenge is to find a balance and create harmonious living conditions between soil, plant and environment in order to obtain a quality wine.
VINIFICATION: After pressing in a pneumatic press, alcoholic fermentation is carried out by indigenous yeasts in demi-muids, pieces of wood with a capacity of 600 liters. It can last up to six months. The "malolactic fermentation" is not sought.
AGING: It is carried out on fine lees, always in the demi-muids (total duration 11 months).
TASTING NOTES: Dry and mineral white wine offers a clear and luminous color. Purity and elegance characterize this vintage with notes of citrus and white fruit. Nice balance in the mouth which ends with a tense and saline finish.
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Domaine François Chidaine - Les Argiles 2017
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