Alexandre Giquel - Huit-Launay Rouge 2021

A light, crunchy, fruity red blend from a relatively new winemaker in the Loire. Floral aromatics with bright red fruits and spice on the palate. Beasts over bots - the vines are worked with horses rather than tractors and other machinery.

ABOUT THE WINEMAKER:

"He is committed to work his soils with horses, and having trained for many years previously with Philippe Guichard from La Table Rouge, it only makes sense. They now share up to 6 horses, and when time allows, will likely also use these to work the vineyards for other winemakers in the area as well. He only sprays his vines with a backpack, as he believes that this is the most efficient way of doing it, despite the physical difficulty of such a task – those bags can weigh up to 30kg when full!
All his vines are planted on clay with silex, with a subsoil of Tuffeau. They are at least 20 years old, and he has a few Chenin plots in Vouvray averaging about 90+ years old."