ZoomChoucab2023
La Grange de Noue MeaVin de France, Anjou, Loire, France
About this wine
Marie Percevault and Hervé Bossé started La Grange de Noue Mea in 2014 in the southern Côteaux du Layon (Anjou, Loire), now farming around six hectares organically. The estate's whites are Chenin-driven; the reds work mostly with Cabernet Franc and Grolleau. Choucab is a 100% Cabernet Franc bottling, vinified spontaneously, aged in fibreglass tank, bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulphur. The sandy-clay soils of the southern Layon push the variety toward the lighter, brighter end of the Loire Cab Franc register: red-fruited, peppery, low in tannin, built to drink chilled and young. 12% alcohol. A useful natural-leaning Loire red for trade accounts wanting Anjou Cab Franc that drinks easy without losing structure.
Winemaking
Spontaneous (native-yeast) fermentation. Élevage in fibreglass tank to keep oak influence out. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no added sulphur.