Domaine de Juchepie - L'Amphore de Juchepie - Pineau d'Aunis 2020
Domaine de Juchepie is located in Bellevigne-en-Layon, in Anjou, in the Loire Valley. The owners, Eddy and Mileine Oosterlinck-Bracke, are originally from Belgium. In 1985, whilst visiting France on holidays, they discovered a traditional farmstyle house on top of a hill planted with old vines; the “longère” was supposed to become their holiday-home. The property had no infrastructure and a small 0.35-ha vineyard on the beautiful slope of Juchepie in Coteaux du Layon. The couple decided that when Eddie would turn 50 years-old, they would trade their life to become winegrowers in France. It gave them 15 years to establish the domaine and its small structure and extend the vineyard to 6 hectares. On the 1st of October 2001, they moved permanently to Juchepie. The vines at Juchepie have been grown organically since 1994, and biodynamics have been implemented from 2007.
L’Amphore de Juchepie 2020 is made from Pineau d'Aunis, cultivated on a soil of sandstone schists and volcanic rocks (spilite and phtanite). After the manual harvest in small crates, the grapes are manually destemmed and vatted for 28 days. Fermentation occurs without yeasting, chaptalisation or other inputs. Aging lasts 12 months in amphorae.
Grape variety: 100% Pineau d'Aunis