Stephane Serol Turbullent Vigneron Petillant Rosé France 750ml

LOCATION: Loire Valley, Côte Roannaise, Renaison. Size, Varieties, Etc: 24 hectares planted almost entirely to gamay de saint romain with just a little viognier, vine age ranges from 5 to 90 years old, with an average of 40 years old. Vineyards are planted 9,000 to 10,000 vines per hectare, at least twice the legal minimum. VITICULTURE: sustainable, terra vitis certified. Les blondins is certified organic. Terroir: pink granite and porphyry, south and southeastern exposure, 350 to 450 meters altitude.
WINEMAKING: partial or full whole cluster carbonic maceration with temperature control in cement vats. Indigenous yeast fermentation. Aging for 3 to 8 months in tank. Wines are usually fined and lightly filtered. Noteworthy: at its apogee, in the late 19th century, the region counted 20,000 hectares of vineyards. Today there are only 200. Gamay de Saint Romain is a type of gamay exclusively found in the Côte Roannaise and Côte du Forez. It gets the name from its geographical origin, the village of Saint Romain la motte in the roannais. Robert Sérol (the father of Stéphane, who took over the domaine in 2000) has been a driving force in the appellation. Robert’s was one of the first domaines in the 70s to move from polyculture to focus exclusively on wine production. He is credited for having obtained the AOC status for the region. The Sérols are great friends of the Troigros family: Michel Troigros co-owns the vineyard of Les Blondins,.