SAUMUR PUY NOTRE DAME
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For over 800 years, the Collegiate Church of Puy Notre Dame has stood in this geographically and spiritually significant location, looking out over a sea of vines measuring some 1,500 hectares. Puy Notre Dame has been a winegrowing village since the days of the Plantagenets in the 13th century, and is known to have been a village retreat for Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Climate
Temperate oceanic climate. A continental influence on the plots furthest from the Loire.
Soil type
Turonian tuffeau, Jurassic and Eocene limestone
Varietals
Cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon
Red
Annual Production*
2 400 hl
320 000 bottles
Producers
30
Basic Yield
50 hl/ha
Conservation
16°-18°
5 à 15 years
Food and Wine Parings
Menu
Intensely red with hints of peony and ruby
Scents of black fruit
Full-bodied, well-balanced and powerful. Good persistence.
* Annual average over the last 5 years
