La Voute Touraine Chenonceaux 2024
La Voûte Touraine Chenonceaux
Region: Loire, France
Vintage: 2024
Bottle size: 75cl
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Pale lemon in colour with green reflections. An intense and elegant nose combining grapefruit, tropical fruits and floral notes. The palate is fleshy and fresh, with clean minerality persisting on the finish.
La Voûte is situated in Touraine Chenonceaux, on the bank of the Cher Valley, 50 kilometres east of Tours, near the famous Château de Chenonceau. The soil is clay and silex (a mixture of flint and sand) and the pruning method is simple Guyot.
After harvest, the grapes were gently crushed using a pneumatic press and 100% of the cuvée underwent skin contact for 20 hours. The alcoholic fermentation lasted 20 days at a controlled temperature of 16°C. The wine was aged on its fine lees with regular ‘bâtonnage’ until the end of April before being filtered and bottled.
Made by winemaker Thierry Delaunay, La Voûte hails from the relatively new Loire appellation Touraine-Chenonceaux, created in 2011. Chenonceaux is famous for the majestic Château de Chenonceau, which features on the La Voûte label and spans the Cher River.