Winery Les Athlètes du VinSaumur Champigny
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Les Athlètes du Vin's Saumur Champigny.
Discover the grape variety: Rubi
Light, simple fruity reds with a lightly coloured clear ruby colour, soft tannins and an airy palate with moderate acidity, showing undemonstrative aromas of red fruits. Discreet rustic profile. Almost extinct, preserved in INRAE varietal collections for its heritage value, a witness to the pre-phylloxera ampelographic diversity of the South-West and part of the heritage varieties under study. Rare French black variety, formerly grown in the South-West.
Informations about the Winery Les Athlètes du Vin
The Winery Les Athlètes du Vin is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
Loire Cabernet Franc benchmark across 9 Saumur villages (clay-limestone slopes, mild oceanic climate): fine, velvety reds with vibrant cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant aromas plus floral and spicy notes, supple tannins, taut freshness and silky texture. Young wines lively and gourmand, ageworthy cuvées drift to undergrowth, leather and tobacco. Star red AOC of the Anjou-Saumur Loire, rare blend of immediate pleasure and ageing, signature Loire elegance.
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: Hautain (en)
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