Le Tandem Rouge - 2020
Le Tandem Rouge - 2020
Red-fruited, crunchy blend from the chalk-limestone parcels of Saumur Puy Notre Dame. Cab-Franc brings minerality & crunch, Grolleau lifts with it's bright aromatics.
Sulphur: less than 20mg/l added
Cuvée: Tandem Rouge
Vintage: 2020
Producer: Melaric
Region: France, Loire, Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame
Style + Colour: Still, Red
Grapes/Blend: 40% Cabernet Franc, 60% Grolleau
ABV: 13%
Classically trained winemaking husband and wife duo Melanie and Aymeric returned to Saumur in 2006. Starting out by renting vines, then in 2008 purchasing the 4.5 hectares they farm today. Chenin, Cabernet Franc and Grolleau across four plots on the slope of Clos de Cerisae looking towards the village of Puy-Notre-Dame. Clos de Cerisaie are their older vines - 50-year-old, with Billes de Roche being the younger vines at 25 years. Soil is clay on limestone. Sulphur use is kept to a minimum.