Loire Valley
Cabernet Franc - 2021 - Valentin Desloges
Les Quatre Piliers
An excellent gateway to Valentin's winemaking talents, this Cabernet Franc is extremely elegant, with raspberry and redcurrant aromas, a hint of smoke, and lacy tannins. Finish on a touch of oak, perfectly integrated.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Touraine
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2032
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First vintage for this cuvée, Valentin has taken over more plots of Cabernet Franc on the right bank of the Cher Valley, where the soil is calcareous with sand and flint, light soils so the roots can grow directly towards the bedrock. Hand-harvesting and natural vinification: 2021 was not a hot vintage with high ripeness, so 95% of the grapes were destemmed, leaving only a few bunches at the bottom of the vat. Aged in barrels for 12 months, then bottled on the estate with sensible use of sulfites.
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Valentin Desloges
Valentin Desloges, child of the 1993 vintage, took the right decision by continuing the family line of winegrowers and founding Les Quatre Piliers estate. After high-school in Amboise and a BTS viti-oeno in Bordeaux, Valentin participated in the vinification of Château Mangot, then left in 2015 for 6 months in New Zealand, where he deepened his comprehension of Sauvignon. Back in France,...
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