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.
This comes from 0.75 ha of 60yo vines planted on a plateau with schist and quartz as a base. Selected from a series of tries, whole bunches were gravity-fed into cuve for gentle crushing by foot, a 15 days cuvaison ensued before 12 months ageing in old barrels. Bottled without fining, filtration or sulphur, this is a brambly, cherry fruited natural wine, super digeste but with depth and good terroir print on the finish. This bottling and label are a tribute to Anatole, a Percheron horse and cherished member of the family. VLQ.
Producer Deboutbertin (Stéphanie Debout and Vincent Bertin)
Origin Faye d’Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France
Grapes Grolleau Noir
Vintage 2020
Alcohol 12.5% ABV
Style Light body red (glug glug)
Bottle size 750ml
Winemaking Manual harvest, whole bunch macerated in open vats for 8-15days, slowly pressed, then aged for about 1year on lees. Bottled without fining, filtration or sulphur.
Notes Organic, Natural, No So2
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