Chateau de Fosse-Seche Saumur Eolithe Rouge 2019

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Region

Producer

Vintage
2019

Size
750ML

ABV
13%

Features
Green Wine

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    The Fosse-Sèche 2019 Eolithe is absolutely beautiful again in its purity, freshness and iron-scented floral and fruity expression of violets and licorice as well as perfectly ripe cherries, cranberries, black and red currants and black berries. Pure, fresh and silky on the palate, with delicate tannins and the gorgeously ripe and immaculate juice of ripe black berries, cassis and cherries again, this former Saumur, now Vin de France, is one of my favorite bistro red wines from planet wine. It's impossible not to love it. The maceration is rather short ( three to 15 days), and the aging in concrete takes 14 months. Don't drink this delicious and intense Cabernet Franc (with 1% Cabernet Sauvignon) too warm but, just as the Chenin, at 13 to 14 degrees Celsius or, as a soloist, even at 16 degrees Celsius. The 2010 is quite powerful but always silky and elegant, with very fine tannins. It can surely age for 20 and many more years, but it already drinks beautifully. 13% natural alcohol. Tasted in January 2021.
Chateau de Fosse-Seche

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Chateau de Fosse-Seche, France
Few wineries impress with such an illustrious history as Château de Fosse-Sèche. First planted to vine by Benedictine monks in the 1200s, the Pire-Keller family established the modern incarnation of the estate in 1998. Situated near the tiny village of Brossay, two brothers, Adrien and Guillaume Pire, tend to the 45-hectare property with the utmost care and consideration of the ecosystem. Surrounded by woods and fields, they farm alfalfa and raise goats and bees in addition to their vineyards, and have a nationally recognized bird sanctuary on the property. Most vineyards in the Saumur and Saumur-Champigny wine regions are grown on a porous yellow limestone known as tuffeau. However, the 17 hectares of Fosse-Sèche’s biodynamic vines are planted on a distinctive Jurassic-era flint plateau with gravel and clay. The unique soils and the curved aspect of the vineyards allow for the fresh breeze to cool the vines rooted in heat-absorbing flint soils. The climate there favors slow, progressive, and balanced ripening. The estate is both Ecocert and Biodyvin certified and harvesting is by hand. In 2016, Guillaume and Adrien invested in concrete eggs for fermentation, moving away from oak barrels. Fermentation is with native yeasts. The wines of Château de Fosse-Sèche shine with a focused minerality and typicity and this property is widely recognized as one of the finest producers of the new Loire Valley.
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Cabernet Franc, a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, is the subtler and more delicate of the Cabernets. Today Cabernet Franc produces outstanding single varietal wines across the wine-producing world. Somm Secret—One of California's best-kept secrets is the Happy Canyon appellation of Santa Barbara. Here Cabernet Franc shines as a single varietal wine or in blends, expressing sumptuous fruit, savory aromas and polished tannins.

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Marked by great châteaux built with the same tuffeau limestone that is also responsible for the excavation of so many of the famed Loire caves, Saumur is famous for its Chenin blanc based sparkling wines. Inside the Saumur region, Saumur-Champigny creates some of the Loire’s greatest Cabernet Francs.

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