2020 Domaine Belargus Anjou Quarts, Loire, France Andrew Will 1 hectares

1 hectares

Both direct pressing (destemmed and whole cluster grapes) and the saignée method is used

31 hectares from vines planted in 1949

Aging: 11 months on the lees in neutral 500L French foudres

2020 Domaine Belargus Anjou Quarts, Loire, France Andrew Will 1 hectaresQuarts is a south facing lieu dit of Quarts de Chaume which before the French Revolution was in the hands of the sieureurs de Haute Guerche. They had tithed a quarter of this parcels wines to the Abbey of Ronceray in Angers for generations, a tradition now enshrined in the name of the appellation Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru. This cuve, however, is not a Grand Cru wine since it is made in a dry style which entitles it to carry the more generic Anjou