Varietal
Fief Noir Cocagne Val de Loire 2022
$25.99
Fief Noir Cocagne Val de Loire 2022
This rare, 100% Grolleau wine is a delicious treat and a revelation in its own right — lively red berries and peppery kick, thirst-quenching through and through.
A delightful spring sipper or companion for all sorts of summer snacks.
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Fief Noir Cocagne Val de Loire 2022
100% grolleau from 30-70 year-old vines planted to the local black schist. A few days before harvest a selection is made to reduce yield by 10%. Manual harvest into 12 kg crates. A short maceration and fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Free run juice only is then moved to concrete tanks for six months’ aging.
WINERY: Domaine Le Fief Noir
WINEMAKERS: Dominique Sirot and Alexis Soulas
ESTABLISHED: 2014
REGION: FRANCE • Loire Valley • Saint Lambert du Lattay
APPELLATION: Val de Loire IGT
BLEND: 100% Grolleau
VINEYARDS: A selection of fruit from plots with a range of expositions, wit soils rich in sand, and subsoils of black schist.
AGE OF VINES: 30-70 years
WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested. Short maceration on full cluster for one week; fermented on indigenous yeasts in concrete tanks. Aged in concrete tanks for 6 months. Unfined and unfiltered.
TASTING IMPRESSIONS: Aromas suggest pie cherry and red summer fruit, lightly peppery; flavors are suave and juicy, mouth-watering. Red fruits, spice, fresh.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: As an aperitif; roasted chicken with fresh herbs; regional goat cheese; French pâté with green peppercorns
NOTES: Cocagne in French refers to a land (often imaginary) of plenty; a place where anything is possible, an Eldorado.
| Weight | 4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 4 × 4 × 12 in |
| Type | Wine |
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| Winery/Vintner | Domaine Le Fief Noir |
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