Stéphanie Debout and Vincent Bertin fell in love with the Anjou biking through the region and drinking wine at Angers’ best bistrots. Not satisfied by their Parisian lives, despite their thriving careers as engineers, they felt the urge for a ‘retour à la terre’.
Attracted by the free spirit of the Anjou Noir they first harvested at Cyril Le Moing, before doing stages at Les Roches Sèches (Julien Delrieu), Olivier Cousin (where Vincent was introduced to working with horses), Jean-Francois Chené (La Coulée d’Ambrosia), and with the ubiquitous Mark Angéli. It was Mark who helped the couple setting up in 2012, into a barn adjacent to the Ferme du Mont Benault.
Stéphanie and Vincent’s wines are vibrant as well as characterful, there is a clear margin of progression for this young domaine, and we are convinced their enthusiasm and sheer passion will take them far.
Pacotille is made from 0.4 ha of 50yo vines located in Beaulieu-Sur-Layon, a stunning south-facing coteau overlooking the Layon with vines growing right onto the bedrock of dark schist, prime terroir in the Anjou Noir. Yields are less than 20hh of dense but extremely sapid juice, the finished wine has lengthy and complex aromas, beautifully combining fleshy fruit, electric acidity and salivating bitters, the typical and addictive stamp of chenin on schist. Bottled off under cap to allow residual sugar to ferment, carafeing or big glasses recommended.
Producer Deboutbertin (Stéphanie Debout and Vincent Bertin)
Origin Faye d’Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France
Grapes Chenin Blanc
Vintage 2019
Alcohol 13% ABV
Style Medium body white
Bottle size 750ml
Winemaking Manual harvest, slowly pressed, juiced transfered in old barrels for slow-pased fermentation and 14 months of elevage, then bottled without fining, filtration or sulphur.
Notes Organic, Natural, No So2
UNITED KINGDOM
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