Travel through the organic vineyards

:With my old blackberry, I photographed different places. The Loire has a diversification of terroir and grape variety impressive.
 Near Chateau de  Loir (North Tower)  the grape are  Chenin (white wine powerful) and Pineau d'Aunis (guard elegant red wine)

On Thursday, 26 January 2012 to 16 am to Bueil (37). It was fine between 8 and 10 degrees.

 
Renaud Guettier domaine de la  Grapperie is a winemaker from the Avn and organic farming. These are wines with no added sulfur (long maturing) and vin de France. The grapes are  Chenin and Pineau d'Aunis.

On Friday, January 27, 2012 at Chahaigne

 
Jean-Pierre Robinot domaine de l’angevin makes wines from organic farming without addition of sulfur. It is part of the Avn (association of natural wines). Its white wines are powerful and the wines are very long and elegant .

His two areas are original and are ambassadors of their two regions.

Going to the “dive bouteille” to the 30/01/2012 Breze, temperatures were lowered:

 The next day, Tuesday, January 31 between Ancenis and Angers (Clos de la Jacquerie, Anjou area of ​​Paonnerie)

Jacques Carroget domaine de la Paonnerie (Ancenis) makes wines from organic farming and is part of the AVN. It offers some easy wine  (Muscadet and  ancenis  without addition of sulfur).

At 30 minutes of Ancenis, snow remained in the vineyards. Welcome to Savennières. Beautiful village just highlighted, Clement Barrault presents me Savennières Roches aux moines . 7 owners, 5 in organic (no chemical herbicides for the other two).

 Two different soils

Clement has a few acres of Savennières: elegant, minerals and without sulfur  return.
 

At Chaudefonds on meeting with Patrick Baudoin: The with Anjou  is little known  ... it can be ample and powerful with long final.

Quart de chaume :beautiful sweet wine

Patrick is organic since 1997, king of dry and sweet white wines. It took its red wines for some time.

In Anjou, the bio is very present ... but there are still many vineyards chemicals. They have no grass and has small wood do not

Rablay-sur-Layon : with  Jérémy Mesnard domaine les sablonnettes biodynamic farming.

 The” domaine des sablonnettes” offers biodynamic wines (glug-glug wines and beautiful sweet wines.)


Wednesday February 1, temperatures were negative (minus 2)

Appointment with Olivier Cousin, the wine grower horse offers wines with no added sulfur in Martigné Briand.

 
This rebel 50 years had 17 hectares, since he gave to young winegrower its  vines. He enjoys helping young winegrower

That day I cross the forest of Chinon to go to Cravant-les-Coteaux, Pascal Lambert

 
I think Pascal Lambert has made ​​much progress in its wines (its Chinons are thinner)

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