Les Grandes Vignes, Le P'tit Vaillant VdF

Producer: Familie Valliant les Grandes VignesRegion: Anjou, Loire, FranceGrape Varieties: Groslot, Cabernet FrancViticulture: Biodynamic, Organic Category: RedSize: 750ml   Since the 17th century, the Vaillant family has passed on their home estate and, generation to generation, grown the Domaine in both scope and aspect; long practicing organic and biodynamic (though now certified), they tend their 55 hectare vineyard with a fully, year-round-employed team to create an enviable range of low to no SO2 wines on the western hills of the Loire Valley, known as the Coteaux du Layon. There is a plethora of soil variety here, not least due to the proximity to the Atlantic – an admixture of soils where sea meets land: gray & green schists, phtanite, quartz, shellfish, sandstone, & loose gravel. The grape varieties are the typical Loire specialties: Chenin for the whites, Cab Franc, Grolleau, Pineau d’Aunis for the reds. The luxury of deep familial roots has allowed Domaine Les Grandes