Pithon Paillè La Fresnaye Anjou Blanc 2017

Domaine Belargus - (Pithon- Paillé) - Saint-Lambert du Lattay - Loire (France)

The Domaine Pithon-Paillépossesses 26 hectares of vines, and is located in St. Lambert Du Lattay in the Loire Valley,
about 25 km south of Angers.

Jo- Pihon, with retirement time approaching, sold the winery in 2018 to young Ivan Massonnat, a great wine lover, but continues to work at the winery as a consultant. Ivan changed the name to the winery, 'Chateau Belargus', in honour of Jo's favourite wine 'Belargus de
Treilles'.

Jo-Pithon revolutionized Anjou in the early 90s by practicing precision viticulture from which
produced wines of character, sometimes extreme, that excited the curious and the amateur alike.

With his wife Isabelle Paillé, he expanded his field of action and the Pithon-Paillé estate became a true benchmark for great whites, sweet and dry, with the Chenin blanc variety from the Loire as a base.

With the Chenin Blanc grape variety, a variety of wines are produced in the Loire from different soils and appellations, ranging from dry to semi-dry to sweet/bottled.

Non-aromatic vine wonderfully translates the 'Terroir' of origin. The vines are worked manually using organic farming methods.

The harvest is carried out in several stages in order to collect the grapes at the right moment of ripeness or drying.

The wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts in order to fully respect the value and differences of each vintage.

In the vineyard and cellar, no chemical fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides are used, only compost and natural infusions.

Agricultural practices, in the vineyard and in the cellar, are done according to the lunar calendar. The wines are aged in wooden barrels for 12 to 24 months.

Dry wines are produced from grapes grown on the best soils of the 'Côtes', from ripe, golden, but not botrytised grapes to better preserve their freshness and fruitiness.

For sweet wines, the main objective is not the quantity of sugars, but the search for the aromas and flavours imparted to the wine by the magic of 'Botritis Cinerea'.