Green Sands Estate - Les Poyeux 2022
Domaine des Sables Verts is located in Verrains, in the heart of the Saumur Champigny appellation in the Loire Valley . The estate was taken over in 2019 by Caroline Meurée and Hervé Malinge . The vineyard covers 16.50 hectares and 5 communes: Varrains, Chacé, Saumur, Souzay-Champigny and Parnay. The 33 plots offer a diversity and complementarity of terroirs that is part of an ecological and environmentally friendly approach . Some of the vines are cultivated on "green sand" soils ; sands deposited in the secondary era, more or less calcareous and rich in glaucony. These green sands bring freshness and concentration to the Cabernet Francs.
Les Poyeux is made from Cabernet Franc from a mass selection planted in 1950 and grown on deep silico-calcareous soil, green sand and tuff on the 1.80 hectare "Poyeux" plot. After the manual harvest, maceration lasted 1 month and natural fermentation by indigenous yeasts took place in stainless steel vats . The wine was aged for 12 months . It has an aging potential of 5 to 8 years.
Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc