Les Toues Saumur 2017

Pale yellow with golden tints. Well ripened white fruit aromas with a hint of vanilla, joined by toasted and spicy notes. Frank and strong attack. Aromas of dried apricots with grilled notes. Round with a long and elegant finish.

A double fermentation (alcoholic and malolactic) is carried out in barrels to develop delicate oaky notes. The wine is matured for a period of 10 months in barrels with stirring on lees in view of bringing about fat and roundness. Maturing period: 10 months in barrels The vineyard’s parcels are close together and begin on the hilltop of the hamlet of Argentay, at an altitude of around 90 meters. They face Southwest and stretch along a geological formation, renowned for its terroir and called the flow of Cerisaie. The chalky clay soils are made up of green and white limestone, especially adapted to Chenin.

Crossed by the Loire river, for centuries the town of Saumur was a central platform of fluvial trade between Nantes and the region around Paris. Local wooden sailing boats were especially used at the time to transport wine and various agricultural products. This wine refers to these vessels, which contributed to the rise of the wines of Saumur.