Domaine de la Haute Olive
Loire | Chinon | Cravant-les-Côteaux
Bruno Sourdais carries an intuitive understanding of his vines and cellar work that cannot be learned at any school, only transmitted from one generation to another. He and his wife, Sophie, bring this perspective to the family’s extraordinary holdings in and around Cravant les Côteaux. Sensitivity to the varied terroirs in which their old-vine cabernet franc (the oldest planted about 1928) grows finds distinct expression in the wines.
Through attentive viticulture and thoughtful cellar work, Bruno and Sophie seek a balance of fruit and acidity, freshness and subtlety, achieving some of the most soulful Chinons we know.
Domaine de la Haute Olive 2005 Chinon "Le Chêne Vert"
Le Chêne Vert is a name well-known to lovers of Chinon, though few realize that this is not, in fact, a monopole of Domaine Charles Joguet. The one other vigneron who shares a single hectare of this extraordinary vineyard is Bruno Sourdais. His parcel is on the southwest-facing hillside, on millarge, where the average vine age is 40+ years. This Chinon is fermented in concrete and is aged for one year in barrique.
- 2005
- Cabernet Franc
- France
- Loire
- Chinon
- Certified Organic
- Le Chêne Vert
- South, southwest
- Millarge (yellow limestone) with clay
- Old Foudre
- Concrete
- 750 ml
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