Sansonnière 2021 Vin de France "Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies"

"Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies" - High on the slope of the La Montagne hill, you will find the old vines of the Ferme de la Sansonnière, planted just after World War II (1949) with older massal selections of chenin. There are two main soils there. One, extremely rare for the region is a vein of sedimentary phtanite, mostly composed of silica, giving amazing passerillage with extreme low pH. The other part is part of the most common St George series of superficial schists. The viticulture and winemaking is the same than the Fouchardes - whole cluster press in Coquard, vinification in larger used barrels mostly from Atelier Centre France in the underground cellar, 24 months usually of aging with spontaneous fermentation, trying to arrive to dryness in order to avoid filtration.