2015 AOC Saumur - Les Fontenelles
2015 AOC Saumur - Les Fontenelles
100% Chenin. Slow pressing with fermentation and ageing in four and five-year-old barriques for 20 months (a very slow ferment).
Cuvée: Les Fontenelles
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grape Varieties: 100% Chenin
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2015
Winemaking: 25-year-old vines. Slow pressing with fermentation and ageing in four and five-year-old barriques for 20 months (a very slow ferment). Four months in tank. Bottled early 2018.
Sulfur: 20mg/l on bottling
Soil: Clay silex
Yield: 15 hl/ha
David Foubert, formerly a Paris journalist, moved to Saumur to study winemaking under Aymeric and Melanie, of Domaine Mélaric. He farms a mix of parcels leased from the recently retired Philippe Gourdon. The vineyards have been farmed biodynamically since 1998. The local Tuffeau (fossil-rich limestone) characterises the wines with a clay topsoil and Tuffeau underneath. In total he has 4 hectares of which he practices organic with some biodynamic principles.