Chateau de Chaintres 'Les Sables' Saumur Champigny 2020 VALPOLICELLA These days most Provence wineries

These days most Provence wineries need to add lots of acid to get balance (not us at our high elevation spot)

000 cases of Vino Nobile are produced annually

ochre-tinged color is highly evocative of the sun-soaked Provençal countryside

instead it is the inclusion of reserve wine that goes through malolactic fermentation because it has gone more temperature swings

the first impression is well-rounded and gourmand

Chateau de Chaintres 'Les Sables' Saumur Champigny 2020 VALPOLICELLA These days most Provence wineriesThe Chteau de Chaintres itself is stunning: a mid 17th century mansion that combines bucolic charm and gentle majesty in a manner quite particular to this part of the Loire. Les Sables is the estates primary cuve of Cabernet Franc. The grapes are hand harvested and fully destemmed before fermenting with native yeasts in steel tanks.