THE TIPHAINE BARN - Les Epinays 2020
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.
Les Epinays 2020 is made from Chenin Blanc grown on sandy-clay soils with lots of flint and with an average age of 15 years. Fermentation is long (10 months) and carried out in barrels, then aging lasts 12 months in a combination of tuns, amphora and ovoid concrete vats .
Grape variety: 100% Chenin Blanc