Ludovic Chanson: Vineyards
The domaine is located in La Barre, which lies midway between Husseau and the larger town of Montlouis sur Loire. The vines themselves are located on the Husseau plateau, 6.2 hectares in all, with the majority of this – 4.7 hectares in fact – planted to Chenin Blanc. Of what remains, 0.8 hectares are committed to Chardonnay and 0.7 hectares to Sauvignon Blanc. Under Claude Levasseur the vineyard covered something closer to 10 hectares, so I assume some has been cleaved off and sold along the way. Ludovic’s philosophy in the vineyard is organic, the domaine having been converted to chemical-free viticulture in 2006, several years before Ludovic acquired the domaine. The vines are about 45 years old on average.
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