Bastingage 2018 - Terre de l'Élu

Bastingage - Terre de l'Élu

Terre de l'Élu's Bastingage is a deep and complex white wine that gives a minerality typical of shale soils. 100% Chenin blanc, spontaneous fermentation in used barriques and aging in used barriques for 15 months.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 10/12 ° in tulip glasses. To be drunk immediately but will express its best characteristics in a few years.

Pairings

Excellent paired with first courses, fish main courses, to be tried with a cheese plate.

Winery: Terre de l'Élu

Love unites the paths of Thomas and Charlotte Carsin, united in life and united in viticultural work in one of the most beautiful terroirs of the Loire valley. Thomas has built his skills and his passion for grapevine and wine by working in some of the most fascinating regions of the planet: from Burgundy to California, from Champagne to Provence (passing through a Parisian wine shop ...), and then dedicating himself to his Domaine starting from 2008. Charlotte instead followed an itinerary centered on communication, before marrying her husband's choice. Today this close-knit couple works no less than 20 hectares of vineyards in the Layon valley, one of the prestigious territories of Anjou. To support them in this effort a well-established team, headed by the very expert Jean-Pierre, winemaker of solid competence. The choice of organic farming was natural, with an Écocert certification starting from 2013. In the vineyard we find almost all the ampelographic complexity of the central Loire: from Chenin to Cabernet franc, from Grolleau to Gamay, from Sauvignon blanc to Pineau d ' Auni. A true triumph of biodiversity and taste! Pochicimi in the field (only organic and chemical recycling of the vine), low yields, winter grassing, spring harrowing and of course ... nothing synthetic! In the cellar Thomas and Charlotte do not follow prepackaged recipes. Each cuvée, each terroir, each grape variety, each blend and each vintage has its own history. What unites the approach of each wine is instead the rejection of corrective enology. Indigenous yeasts for fermentation, very limited use of sulphites, no forced clarification, long refinements. Thus was born a kaleidoscope of bottles, colors and interpretations, united by a great expressive spontaneity and a rare gustatory energy. Prostate!