Antoine Sanzay: Vineyards
The domaine is located in Varrains, and sits right on the main road that runs south from Saumur directly through the commune before continuing on past Chacé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg to Brézé. Here is where the Sanzay residence, cuverie and cave are located, while the vineyards are scattered around in the communes of Varrains, Dampierre, St-Cyr-en-Bourg and Souzay-Champigny.
Altogether Antoine Sanzay now has 11.4 hectares of vineyards at his disposal; of this about 10.3 hectares is planted to Cabernet Franc, the wines eligible for the Saumur-Champigny appellation. Alongside is planted approximately 1.1 hectares of Chenin Blanc, the wines of which are produced under the Saumur appellation.
His most prized parcels are two 2-hectare plots in the lieu-dit Les Poyeux, a vineyard best associated with the Foucault brothers of Clos Rougeard, who also bottle a Les Poyeux cuvée (as do a number of others). The soils here are very thin, the vine roots digging deep into the limestone rock beneath, the resulting wine the most structured in the Sanzay portfolio.
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