{"product_id":"grolleau-blend-verger-de-letang-2025","title":"Grolleau Blend 'Verger de l'Etang' 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eBenoit Courault is a young and established vigneron in Faye d’Anjou, a little village south of Angers along the Layon river. Not a son of a winemaker, early on, Ben decided to study wine. He went to Beaune. From 2003 until 2006, he worked with the famous vigneron Eric Pfifferling from Domaine L’Anglore in Tavel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack to his native Loire, he found 5ha of vineyards and started his estate in 2006. Benoit’s aim is to propose authentic wines of excellent quality produced with a constant concern for the natural balance of life cycles, a statement that you will find on his label “Vignes cultives dans le respect du vivant”. Ben’s practices are simple and traditional, organic farming, use of the horse, natural vinification, very little use of sulfites, no fining and no filtration. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e70% Grolleau - 30% Pineau d’Aunis. Sourced from two parcels within the Grande Maille lieu-dit, planted on sandy clay soils over weathered schist bedrock. The grapes underwent spontaneous fermentation with whole clusters and a 12-day maceration. After pressing, the wine aged for six months in older barrels and tanks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe 2025 growing season brought an exceptionally early harvest in Anjou, with Benoît beginning to pick on August 26. The overall quality is excellent: the fruit was beautiful, healthy, and arrived in the cellar in great condition. These are the first Benoît Courault wines from the 2025 vintage to reach the US.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Avant Garde\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benoit Courault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67759864610869,"sku":"COURAULTverger25","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/domestiquewine.com\/products\/grolleau-blend-verger-de-letang-2025","provider":"Domestique Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}