Domaine de Bellivière - Coteaux du Loir Vieilles Vignes Eparses 2020 (sec tendre)
Loire
White
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94/100
Bettane & Desseauve
"Grandiose
"Peach and pepper support exceptional bitters with very subtle aromatic persistence. A great bottle " (Le Guide Bettane + Desseauve 2023) A blend of very old Chenin vines (50 to 80 years old), Vieilles Vignes Eparses is a remarkably well-balanced white, with a fine mastery of ageing and a lovely finish of fruit and minerality.
Features
Estate
Domaine de Bellivière
Cuvée
Vieilles Vignes Eparses
Vintage
2020
Designation
Coteaux du Loir
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
Chenin, âge moyen des vignes : 80-90 ans
Terroirs
Flinty clay soils on tuffeau, assemblage of 6 plots (1.8 ha) in 2 communes
Viticulture
Certified organic and biodynamic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Pneumatic pressing, natural cold settling, natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts
Breeding
20 months on fine lees in barrel, light sulfiting before bottling
Alcohol content
13,5%
Residual sugars
17 g/l
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Brilliant golden colour
Nose
With scents of fern, tea and a pleasant mineral touch
Mouth
Very well-balanced, well-mastered ageing, lovely fruit and mineral finish, a pure, limpid, salivating wine.
Serve
Decant at 9-10°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2031
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with pike-perch in beurre blanc, lobster, crayfish, pan-fried salmon in mousseline sauce, mango-coriander chicken salad, roast veal...
Domaine de Bellivière
Coteaux du Loir
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 94/100
Domaine rated (guide 2024) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)
About the wine:
Peach and pepper support exceptional bitters with a very subtle aromatic persistence. A great bottle!
About the domain :
Clément Nicolas has now taken over from his parents Christine and Eric, and is making the most of the new gravity-fed winery. This estate sets the benchmark for Sarthe wines, continuing to position them at the highest level. Their 15-hectare organic and biodynamic vineyard is impeccable. Original wines that justify prices ranging from 20 to 42 euros.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine rated (guide 2024) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the domain :
In the mid-1990s, Éric and Christine Nicolas were the first to raise the flame of Sarthe wines with panache. With the same sensitivity and rigor, their son Clément has joined them at the family domaine in Lhomme. Their cuvées show the immense potential of these discreet terroirs. The reasons for their success are the same as elsewhere in France: elitist, biodynamic viticulture and the most natural, yet scrupulous, winemaking possible. The coteaux-du-loir Vieilles Vignes Éparses is a perfect illustration of the unique, elegantly austere character of these wines, which evolve towards an extraordinary saline sensation with a few years in bottle. Calligramme, from 70-year-old vines, is another monument, oscillating between dry and semi-dry depending on the vintage, that every lover of great Loire whites must have in their cellar. With their high level of concentration, Pineau d'Aunis reds are among the most accomplished of this grape variety, albeit with a difference this year.
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