Clotilde Legrand ‘A l’Écart’ Saumur Blanc 2021
Location: France, Saumur
Winemaker: Clotilde Legrand
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
From the Importer Peter Weygandt: The Legrand family was one of earliest producers of the Saumur-Champigny appellation, and has a history with winegrowing dating back to the 17th century. In 2014, Clotilde became the Legrand family's first female winegrower. Clotilde wishes, just as her father René-Noël had, to focus on the traditional aspect of vinification. Her main objective is to obtain high quality wines, every year, while respecting the characteristics of each vintage.
The vineyard is comprised of 17 hectares of Cabernet Franc divided up into twenty plots split between the villages of Saumur, Dampierre, Chacé, Varrains and Souzay-Champigny. The average vine-age is around 45 years. The oldest plots date back to 1927. A small plot of Chenin produces Saumur Blanc, a dry Chenin. In Saumur, vines grow on gentle slopes traditionally enclosed by walls - some old, some ancient. These freestone walls provide protection for the vines and allow for optimal brightness to aid maturation of the grapes. Vines planted in limestone and chalk soils produce the best Saumur-Champigny. For over 30 years, grass has been allowed to grow between the vine rows on all plots, for a more environmentally friendly approach.
Saumur is known for its limestone: the tufa. The first caves were dug by humans over a thousand years ago and make up a huge underground network. Over the centuries, these galleries (tunnels) were used as shelters for themselves or for livestock. At the end of the 19th century, some were even converted into mushroom factories. And over the millennia, the galleries have been used as a place for winemaking and have the advantage of providing ideal conditions for wine storage; high relative humidity and temperature being both fresh and constant (?12°C).
In the spirit of excellence the legendary 1947 vintage demonstrated, the Legrand family continues to craft both table-ready and cellar-ready wines, with traditional French oak barrel-ageing for the finest vintages.
Location: France, Saumur
Winemaker: Clotilde Legrand
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
From the Importer Peter Weygandt: The Legrand family was one of earliest producers of the Saumur-Champigny appellation, and has a history with winegrowing dating back to the 17th century. In 2014, Clotilde became the Legrand family's first female winegrower. Clotilde wishes, just as her father René-Noël had, to focus on the traditional aspect of vinification. Her main objective is to obtain high quality wines, every year, while respecting the characteristics of each vintage.
The vineyard is comprised of 17 hectares of Cabernet Franc divided up into twenty plots split between the villages of Saumur, Dampierre, Chacé, Varrains and Souzay-Champigny. The average vine-age is around 45 years. The oldest plots date back to 1927. A small plot of Chenin produces Saumur Blanc, a dry Chenin. In Saumur, vines grow on gentle slopes traditionally enclosed by walls - some old, some ancient. These freestone walls provide protection for the vines and allow for optimal brightness to aid maturation of the grapes. Vines planted in limestone and chalk soils produce the best Saumur-Champigny. For over 30 years, grass has been allowed to grow between the vine rows on all plots, for a more environmentally friendly approach.
Saumur is known for its limestone: the tufa. The first caves were dug by humans over a thousand years ago and make up a huge underground network. Over the centuries, these galleries (tunnels) were used as shelters for themselves or for livestock. At the end of the 19th century, some were even converted into mushroom factories. And over the millennia, the galleries have been used as a place for winemaking and have the advantage of providing ideal conditions for wine storage; high relative humidity and temperature being both fresh and constant (?12°C).
In the spirit of excellence the legendary 1947 vintage demonstrated, the Legrand family continues to craft both table-ready and cellar-ready wines, with traditional French oak barrel-ageing for the finest vintages.
Location: France, Saumur
Winemaker: Clotilde Legrand
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
From the Importer Peter Weygandt: The Legrand family was one of earliest producers of the Saumur-Champigny appellation, and has a history with winegrowing dating back to the 17th century. In 2014, Clotilde became the Legrand family's first female winegrower. Clotilde wishes, just as her father René-Noël had, to focus on the traditional aspect of vinification. Her main objective is to obtain high quality wines, every year, while respecting the characteristics of each vintage.
The vineyard is comprised of 17 hectares of Cabernet Franc divided up into twenty plots split between the villages of Saumur, Dampierre, Chacé, Varrains and Souzay-Champigny. The average vine-age is around 45 years. The oldest plots date back to 1927. A small plot of Chenin produces Saumur Blanc, a dry Chenin. In Saumur, vines grow on gentle slopes traditionally enclosed by walls - some old, some ancient. These freestone walls provide protection for the vines and allow for optimal brightness to aid maturation of the grapes. Vines planted in limestone and chalk soils produce the best Saumur-Champigny. For over 30 years, grass has been allowed to grow between the vine rows on all plots, for a more environmentally friendly approach.
Saumur is known for its limestone: the tufa. The first caves were dug by humans over a thousand years ago and make up a huge underground network. Over the centuries, these galleries (tunnels) were used as shelters for themselves or for livestock. At the end of the 19th century, some were even converted into mushroom factories. And over the millennia, the galleries have been used as a place for winemaking and have the advantage of providing ideal conditions for wine storage; high relative humidity and temperature being both fresh and constant (?12°C).
In the spirit of excellence the legendary 1947 vintage demonstrated, the Legrand family continues to craft both table-ready and cellar-ready wines, with traditional French oak barrel-ageing for the finest vintages.