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2020 Claire et Florent Bejon Saint Germain Touraine
2020 Claire et Florent Bejon Saint Germain Touraine
Region: Touraine < Loire Valley < France
Grape: Cabernet Franc
Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; 50-year old vines on clay/limestone soils; grapes macerate whole-cluster, saturated with carbonic gas in 50hl tanks for 2 months; elevage in old barrels and grès amphoras for one year; no SO2 is added at any point; bottled unfined/unfiltered; 13% ABV; 250 cases
Winemakers: Claire & Florent Bejon
Woman co-winemaker & co-owner -- Claire Bejon!
They play music 24/7 in their barrel cave - high vibes for the wine!
A blend of four tiny parcels of old vines of Cabernet Franc, which total less than a hectare super energetic, amped-up Cab Franc
Wild, brambly black fruit + spicy black pepper on acid
Chill it slightly and serve with food -- this is not a casual sipper
Chill it slightly and serve with food -- this is not a casual sipper
More about Claire & Florent Bejon
For the past few years Claire and Florent Bejon have quietly gone about making some of the best wines in all of the Loire from a little cave in the village of Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne. Although the two have been growing grapes and producing wine for the past two decades, until recent years their production was tiny and the wines almost impossible to find. Florent spent the past few decades working travelling around the region helping other vignerons bottle their wines without additives and his work led to him meeting influential figures such as Mark Angeli, who instilled a passion for sustainable agriculture and a search for purity in wine.
Claire and Florent now farm a total of five hectares of vines spread amongst tiny parcels on either bank of the Vienne just to the west of Chinon. The vines are on average fifty years old and planted over complex and varied soils made up of clay, limestone and a large amount of silex, lending the wines structure and minerality. The majority of the vines are planted with Cabernet Franc, but they also farm a little over half a hectare of Chenin Blanc, producing tiny quantities of what is one of our favorite expressions of the grape. All work in the vineyard is done organically and by hand and now each of the parcels has a healthy ecosystem, they prefer to let nature find harmony and rarely trim the shoots, flowers and weeds that grow between the vines.
For the past few years Claire and Florent Bejon have quietly gone about making some of the best wines in all of the Loire from a little cave in the village of Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne. Although the two have been growing grapes and producing wine for the past two decades, until recent years their production was tiny and the wines almost impossible to find. Florent spent the past few decades working travelling around the region helping other vignerons bottle their wines without additives and his work led to him meeting influential figures such as Mark Angeli, who instilled a passion for sustainable agriculture and a search for purity in wine.
Claire and Florent now farm a total of five hectares of vines spread amongst tiny parcels on either bank of the Vienne just to the west of Chinon. The vines are on average fifty years old and planted over complex and varied soils made up of clay, limestone and a large amount of silex, lending the wines structure and minerality. The majority of the vines are planted with Cabernet Franc, but they also farm a little over half a hectare of Chenin Blanc, producing tiny quantities of what is one of our favorite expressions of the grape. All work in the vineyard is done organically and by hand and now each of the parcels has a healthy ecosystem, they prefer to let nature find harmony and rarely trim the shoots, flowers and weeds that grow between the vines.
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