Winery Grandes BrossesBonnezeaux Vieilles Vignes Longepe
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Grandes Brosses's Bonnezeaux Vieilles Vignes Longepe.
Discover the grape variety: Floreal
Aromatic, lively dry whites with a pale golden robe, a taut palate with fresh acidity, and signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit), white flowers, passion fruit and exotic notes. Crisp profile. Early-ripening and productive. Listed in the official catalogue, representing the future of lower-input viticulture in France through its polygenic resistance to downy and powdery mildew. French white hybrid obtained in 2018 by INRA (Resdur1 series).
Informations about the Winery Grandes Brosses
The Winery Grandes Brosses is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Bonnezeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bonnezeaux
AOC on Anjou's right bank of the Layon (~120 ha, Thouarce, three steep hillsides, marly-schistose soils): exclusive signature Chenin Blanc as sweet white king — golden robe deepening to amber, candied fruits, citrus, honey and white flowers, luscious texture and length. Manual harvests with successive tries, 25 hl/ha, slow fermentation. Morning mists from the Layon favour noble rot and over-ripening. AOC 1951, exceptional ageing.
The wine region of Loire Valley
Kingdom of lively, dry whites and fine sparklers. Mineral, taut Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé) with citrus and gunflint notes. Multiform Chenin Blanc (Vouvray, Savennières, Layon): straight dry, floral off-dry or noble sweet honey-quince. Saline, iodised Muscadet (Melon B.
The word of the wine: Water stress
Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.
