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Alliance Loire - A Terrisson Wines Selection - Touraine Sauvignon
White,Touraine Sauvignon
100% sauvignon blanc
history
Since 1957, the winery has gathered about twenty winegrowers spread over the neighboring communes of Saint Romain, in the Touraine appellation. They produce and age our wines with tradition (conservation cellar dug in the tufa) and modernity (pneumatic pressing, tangential filtration...Committed to ever more rigorous plot selection procedures, the winemakers strive to improve the quality of our wines each year in order to bring you the greatest satisfaction. Les Vignerons des Coteaux Romanais belong to Alliance group. Alliance Loire is a group of winegrowers who decided in 2002 to pool their resources in order to offer a complete range of authentic, well-balanced wines from Muscadet to Vouvray along the Loire River. Loire wines in general are known as reasonably priced refreshing wines.
Vineyard
Vicinity of the loveliest chateaux of the Loire: Chambord and Chenonceau, 80 miles West of Sancerre and South-East of Paris between Blois and Tours. The vineyards are between the Loire and Cher Rivers and stretch out along the Cher Valley on either side of the river from St. Aignan s/ Cher to Montrichard. Siliceous clay, clay on flint or clayey limestone . Vines : 15 to 20 years - 300 acres - Yield : 65 Hl/ Ha
Winemaking
Pneumatic pressing, low-temperature settling at 61-64°F./nIn stainless steel vats with inert gas and temperature control.
Tasting notes
This pale yellow wine streaked with green is dry and refreshing with straightforward but typical aromas; the mouth is full and develops into fleshiness with the characteristic fruitiness of our Côteaux wines.
Food pairing
It goes perfectly with seafood, raw vegetables, charcuterie, fish and simply on its own.
Aging potential
Grape varieties
100% sauvignon blanc
Terrisson Wines
195 rue Guy Arnaud
30900 Nîmes - FRANCE
+33 (0)4.66.23.44.22
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