Loire Valley
Le Magny - 2022 - Philippe Chevarin - Magnum
Philippe Chevarin
A fruity nose with subtle smoky notes. Palate: elegant, unctuous, well balanced and well structured with fine tannins. A beautiful wine for discovering this ancient grape variety.
- Size
- 150 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
A 100% Gamay Magny cuvée, made from vines planted in the 1950s on schist soils and farmed organically. Gamay Magny, an ancient grape variety which gives small bunches of small grapes, was nearly lost to phylloxera in the 19th century. Low yields. The grapes are handpicked with small crates. Vinification: the grapes are destemmed, followed by three weeks of maceration, gentle pressing to preserve the fruit, and maturation in vats for 6 months. Bottled at the Estate mid-March 2023. Neither fined nor filtered, just a micro-dose of sulphur.
Philippe Chevarin
In 2015, Philippe Chevarin embarked on a second career: after having worked as a musician and sound engineer alongside such stars as Dominique A. and Vanessa Paradis, he found himself leaving it all to pursue a divine idyll in the world of wine! The revelation came from an encounter with the great winemaker Thierry Puzelat – or more specifically with a bottle of Puzelat’s Le Buisson...
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