GUILbaud frères
- Establish in: 1927
- Domaine size: 40 hectares
- Location: CRAVANT-LES-CÔTEAUX near CHINON.
Native to a long line of winemakers, Edouard and Marcel Guilbaud founded the house Guilbaud frères in 1927 .
They therefore strive to offer and guarantee the quality of their production.
A second and a third generation have perpetuated this noble task with careful rigor in the concern for the family motto: seriousness and tradition.
The privileged location of the family vineyards as well as the intimate knowledge of the terroirs give the wines of the production of Guilbaud Frères a reputation of quality.
At the heart of the famous appellation "Muscadet Sèvre and Maine sur Lie", these men of the vin have managed to harmoniously combine ancestral know-how with the highest technicality in the field of wine. They put all their experience to judge a wine, to select it, to raise it. This knowledge belongs only to them.
LE HAUT DES vignes
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- Appélation: Chinon
- Grape Variety & Blend: 100% Cabernet Franc
- Soil & Sub-Soil: Soils of gravel and sand with large clay-schistose bands on the heights.
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- Vignification: Fermentation made from the whole grapes (without their ligneous part) during 10 to 15 days in thermoregulated stainless steel vats then the wine is kept in those vats until the bottling.
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- Tasting Notes: This wine is a typical CHINON which opens out first with a light fruity smell then reveals in mouth a powerful and long lasting taste. Serving temperature at 14°c (while young), and 17°c (with ageing).
Grand Or
- Year: 2015
- Appélation: AOP Muscadet Sèvre and Maine
- Grape Variety & Blend: 100% Melon, generally known as Muscadet
- Soil & Sub-Soil: Old formation mixed to volcanic stones with a significant part of schist and gneiss (acid rock).
- Situation & Exposure: The vineyard is located on the left bank of the Loire river. Both the Sèvre and Maine rivers cross this area and delimitate the guaranteed vintage production zone. Our selections are issued from several estates situated in Mouzillon or Vallet (southeast of Nantes).
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- Vignification: Horizontal pressing and selection of first juice extracted only. Wine stored for several weeks in its fermentation vat in contact with the lees («Sur Lie» process). Alcoholic fermentation under controlled temperature between 18° and 20°c. Then this MUSCADET is bottled as a «Sur Lie» quality wine before the end of May.
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- Tasting Notes: Dry, refreshing and fruity wine, rich in aromas which shows limpidity and brillance. Since this MUSCADET has more body, it takes longer to mature and reveal its roundness and impressive bouquet. It should be consumed cool, between 8 and 10°c.