LA GRANGE TIPHAINE - Ad Libitum 2021
La Grange Tiphaine is located in the Loire Valley , and produces wines in the appellations of Montlouis-sur-Loire , Touraine and Touraine-Ambroise . The 15-hectare vineyard is a farm dating from 1850, then specializing in polyculture (tobacco, cereals, etc.) and which saw its first vines in the 1970s. The estate was purchased in 2002 by Coralie and Damien Delecheneau and they work today together, helped by two employees: Mathieu and Jean-Rémy. They decide to convert the vineyard to organic farming and obtain biodynamic certification in 2014.
Ad Libitum is a blend of Côt (also known as Malbec), Cabernet Franc and Gamay aged between 15 and 45 years. The harvest is manual and the grapes are meticulously sorted before being macerated and fermented in concrete vats , separately, for 15 to 18 days. The different grape varieties are blended and then aged in concrete vats for 4 months .
Grapes: Côt, Cabernet Franc, Gamay