Terres d'Imaginaire 2023 "Clair et Obscur" VdF

90% Cabernet Franc, 10% Pineau d'Aunis

Anjou, Loire Valley, France

Cabernet Franc is directly pressed with whole cluster, fermented over ambient yeasts. Pineau d’Aunis is 50% de-stemmed, 50% whole cluster, millefeuille maceration (alternative layers between whole and destemmed grapes). Fermented over ambient yeasts in tank for the first part, pressed halfway through the fermentation and transferred into used barrels to the second part of fermentation.