Loire Valley
Sauvignon - 2024 - Olivier Bellanger
La Piffaudière
A frank and direct juice, with a nose carried of white and citrus fruits... Palate: clean, intense, slightly mineral, with a citrusy and saline finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Touraine
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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100% Sauvignon, from several parcels representing the region’s three soils: clay-limestone, flinty-clay and sand. From young vines grown organically, between 5 and 25 years old. Grapes harvested by hand. Vinification: direct pressing, gentle settling, indigenous yeasts, maturation for 5 months on lees in fiberglass vats, the malolactic fermentation is done. Reasoned sulphur at bottling, done at the estate in January 2025.

Olivier Bellanger
Olivier Bellanger, child of the '78 vintage, grandson and nephew of vignerons, lives in Monthou-sur-Cher. His career started down a rather traditional path, working 10 years as a vineyard worker at classic estates such as Domaine Philippe Tessier. But since Olivier launched his own estate in 2008, with his first vinifications in 2009, his wines have revealed a more vibrant personality than his...
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