Domaine Patrick Baudouin Quarts de Chaume Les Zersilles
Wine Information
The hillsides of Zerzilles a Chaume have long been known. Facing south east, it is perfectly suited to the production of sweet wines exceptions. Thin soils, poorly developed on a base of Carboniferous age. Presence of coal shale and sandstone.
Size: 1.2 ha (2.9 ac)
Variety: Chenin Blanc
Vine Age: Planted in 1970
Terroir: Zersilles lieu-dit, thin/poor soil of shale and sandstone on Carboniferous-era bedrock, facing southeast.
Viticulture: Certified organic (Ecocert)
Vinification: Gentle pressing, indigenous yeast fermentation in 1 to 3-year-old Burgundian barrels . Aged in older barrels, racking and blending in tank for 1 month before bottling.
At harvest, pickers pass up to five times through the vines to be sure they pick only grapes with concentrated botrytis.
- Product Name: Quarts de Chaume Les Zersilles
- Producer: Domaine Patrick Baudouin
- Importer: Becky Wasserman Selections
- Country Region Appellation:
- France
- France
- Loire
- France
- Loire
- Quarts de Chaume
- Varietal: Chenin Blanc
- Agricultural Standards: Organic
- ALC %: 13