Description
Sole is a 100% Chenin cuvée from Domaine de l'Ecu
, produced from biodynamically cultivated vines planted on a two-hectare plot with an Orthogneiss subsoil, facing south-east. A powerful and complex nose with notes of pear, exotic fruits, jasmine and a hint of blood orange. On the palate, it is supple, full-bodied, round and savoury, with a long, salty finish carried by lovely bitter notes, hints of green almond and tremendous minerality.
In the vineyard, in the cellar
- Grape variety: 100% Chenin
- Farming: Organic and Biodynamic
- Certified organic since 1975
- Demeter biodynamic certification since 1998
- Biodyvin biodynamic certification since 2014
- Work: ploughing and scarifying the soil, suckering, debudding, leaf removal.
- Harvest: 100% manual. Grapes received by gravity, no use of pumps.
- Vinification: No SO2. Pneumatic pressing, whole bunches. No settling. Fermentation 100% with indigenous yeasts.
- Ageing: in concrete vats. Unfiltered, unfined.
What to eat with the Sole cuvée from Domaine de l’Ecu?
- Warm goat’s cheese salad
- Seafood soufflé
- Loire Valley fried fish
- Artichokes stuffed Angevin-style
- Smoked and/or breaded mozzarella
