Domaine Fabien Duveau Saumur Champigny ‘Les Menais’ BrandyThe easiest of easy reds, silky enough to enjoy by the pint glass. Bright red fruits and the gentlest of silky smooth tannins. Serve with the lightest chill to show it at its best. From vines grown on a combination of clay and limestone soils in the village of Verrains. Vinified with indigenous yeast, exclusively in concrete vats. Best served with a juicy lamb salad.
floral honey and a spicy kick of black pepper with a tannin dryness
shellfish and poultry dishes
the barrel is then topped up with whole bunches and fermentation starts naturally after 2-3 days
The first half was characterised by the coldest Spring in five years and hence there was a lot of frost fighting with overhead water
which is bottled after only two years in wood and ages in bottle
Substantial on the palate
Each varietal is vinified & aged individually in French oak barrels before the final blending process
The wines from this generally cool south facing
The unusual name 'Spy Valley' is derived from the presence of a huge satellite communications monitoring station across the road from the vineyard
The name of this vineyard referred to the german tribe "Marcomans"
it is fermented in underground cement tanks in a slow
the wine is basket pressed and transferred to a mixture of new and old French oak to complete fermentation
