$220.00
This is a new wine for the Robinot family and one with a difference. This year the Robinot family has decided to make a red wine from a grape other than Pineau d’Aunis. This one is made from Cabernet Franc using grapes they purchased from their friend Jean-François Chéné. As you could also probably guess, this is no ordinary Cab Franc, but rather a silky gem that lingers on the palate for ages. It is light yet full of flavour, elegant yet robust.
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Jean-Pierre Robinot is a legend and so is his wife Noella who provides a steady hand behind the scenes! They have now been joined by their daughter Juliette (who has a cuvee named after her) who is also involved in the work in the vines and in the winemaking.
In 2000 Robinot bought a vineyard, just out of the village of Chahaignes, where he now lives. It’s also where he grew up.
This is almost midway between Tours and Le Mans in the Loire Valley, although more specifically in the Loir Valley (the Loir is a tributary of the Sarthe River which eventually flows into the Loire River. He has about 10 hectares, split across several locations. Some of the vineyards would be classified as Jasnières if he worked within the appellation rules.
All their wines are fermented naturally (often very slowly over more than a year) and their still wines in old barrels in humid cellars cut directly into the hills many years ago, some so old that it’s hard to believe that they stay together. They are patient, holding wines in barrel until they are ready, which can sometimes be more than 5 years.
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