Julie & Toby Bainbridge - "50:50" VDF 2023 750ml (10.5% ABV)

super pretty, bottled with a bit of leftover CO2 to further protect the wine (you may hear a slight spritz upon opening!). 

 A zippy, fresh Cab Franc/Grolleau blend. Medium bodied with ample blue fruits on the palate, finishing with a grippy, peppery edge. This is a powerful, gluggable, refreshing red to serve chilled. 

Grolleau / Cab Franc. Vinification : Co fermented, Destemmed, Short maceration 8 10 days in fiberglass.

Julie and Toby Bainbridge live in the village of Chavagnes les Eaux which is a short drive south from the city of Angers and have been making wines from around 4.5 hectares of vines that he owns around that village. Their wines have certainly made people sit up and take notice. 

Toby and Julie are incredible friends who have the most kind and endearing spirit of anyone I know. They are honest, hardworking, winemakers who look at their trade with the patience and serenity of a master craftsman, and the humbleness and tenacity of your neighborhood milkman. Toby's an ex-pat from the UK, and Julie found him working on a harvest crew in Protection, Kansas. After a long courtship they have settled in Anjou with their two young children. In the early 2000s, Toby started working with Didier Chaffardon and the couple made their first wine in 2007, the same year they gave birth to their first son. Approximately 6.5 hectares of their 8ha are currently under vine with drought resistant soil, rich in calcium.

All their vineyards are worked organically. They focus on wines for drinking: fresh, bright and natural. In the cellar, macerations are generally short and neutral vessels are always used, whether fiberglass or stainless steel.

Black schist bedrock. 
Iron and calcium rich, sandy soils. 
Certified organic.

hand picked 

VINIFICATION: 
Co-fermented
De-stemmed
Short maceration 8-10 days in fiberglass

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