2023 Domaine Fabrice Gasnier Chinon Les Graves Loire, France Bastide Blanche minimal SO2 (10-30 ppm) added

minimal SO2 (10-30 ppm) added before bottling

moving the wine through the solera manually

and the wine spends 3 years in a combination of large Slavonian casks

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2023 Domaine Fabrice Gasnier Chinon Les Graves Loire, France Bastide Blanche minimal SO2 (10-30 ppm) added100% Cabernet Franc Vines between 20 and 40 years old On the plain, between the Vienne river and the hillsides Upper Turonian terroir, consisting of chalky and gravelly stony soil South facing exposure Small capacity concrete tank for plot based vinification Destemming then vatting by gravity to respect the fruit 20 day maceration Indigenous yeasts Aging on lees in concrete vats for 7 to 8 months