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Domaine De Belliviere Coteaux Du Loir 'Hommage A Louis Derre' 2020 750ml

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750ml
country
France
region
Loire Valley
Additional vintages
2021 2020
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100% Pineau d'Aunis. This wine comes from the 12 oldest rows of Pineau d'Aunis on the Bellivìere estate, up to about 100 years old at this point. These vines are crucial not just for the minute amount of very concentrated, complex wine they yield but also as a source for massale cuttings for the rest of the Bellivière Pineau vineyard. The farming is certified-biodynamic and all work including harvest is by hand. The berries are partly destemmed and partly left in whole clusters and foot-trodden in tank. The juice is fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and a maceration of up to a month. The wine is aged in old 500-liter demi-muids for a year and bottled without fining or filtration. The wine is made (not even in every vintage) and named in honor of the local mentor of Eric and Christine Nicolas, Louis Derré, who helped them find their footing and some vines of their own when they first turned up in Jasnières as outsiders in a very insular wine region.
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Domaine De Belliviere Coteaux Du Loir 'Hommage A Louis Derre' 2020 750ml

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Region: Loire Valley

Despite being most closely associated with fine white wines made with the excellent Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc varietal grapes which thrive there, the region of the Loire Valley in France also produces several other quality wines. The sub-region of Chinon is highly esteemed for its excellent Cabernet Franc based red wines, packed full of unique character and excellent fruity flavors, and the sparkling crémant wines of the region are adored by people all over the world. The region benefits enormously from the fertile valley it sits in, and the oceanic breezes which blow over the area, cooling the vines and helping them reach full and balanced levels of ripeness. The Loire Valley is an ancient wine region, with a viticultural history which stretches back two thousand years and is stronger than ever today.
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Country: France

France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is the vast range of wines it produces in such huge amounts each year. Not only are the finest red wines in the world said to come from the beautiful regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy, but elsewhere in the country we find the Champagne region, and areas such as the Rhone Valley and the Loire, whose white wines consistently receive awards and accolades by the plenty. This range is a result of the great variety of climatic conditions and terrain found in France, coupled with generations of wine makers working within single appellations. Their knowledge of specific terroirs and grape varieties has, over time, perfected the production of wines within their region, and the end results continue to impress the world to this day.