Saumur-Champigny red 2019 - Château Yvonne

Saumur-Champigny red 2019 - Château Yvonne

Saumur Champigny

- In summary: The red Yvonne vintage is a full-bodied, dense Saumur Champigny that evokes fruit aromas as well as spicy, licorice aromas. What characterizes it is the tenderness of the tannins, the "velvet" brought by the tuffeau. 

- Vintage : 2019 is a hot year marked by two heat waves at the end of June and July. The rains

arrived afterwards, unlocking the ripeness of the grapes.

- Tasting : Ample, dense which refers to fruit aromas but also to spicy aromas, of liquorice. What characterizes it is the tenderness of the tannins, the "velvet" brought by the tufa.

- To be served with: Roasted quail, roast veal or Brie cheese.

- Origin: 1st vintage in 1997, it is the first red of Yvonne.

- Surface area: 2 hectares

- Grape variety : Cabernet Franc

- Terroir : Clay and limestone on turonian limestone called "Tuffeau". 3 parcels on Parnay : Les Pierres Blanches, a part of Beaumeray, and le Bourreau. 1 parcel in Turquant : "Château Gaillard".

- Geological Era : Cretaceous Turonian.

- Age of the vines : From 15 to 50 years

- Harvest : Manual in boxes from October 2nd to 3rd

- Yield : 39 hl / ha

- Vinification : Maceration in 38 hl Tronconnique vats, without yeast during 4 weeks.

- Maturing : 22 months : Malolactic fermentation and maturing in troglodyte cellar. 12 months in barrels (20% new) and 9 months in tuns.

- Alcohol content : 13,5%.

- Malolactic : Complete

- Residual Sugar : Dry

- Culture : Organic. Manual tillage, no chemical weeding, no synthetic products, ECOCERT certification since 1997

- Treatments : Nettle tea, Bordeaux mixture. No anti-rot treatment, no insecticide.