Mar 16 2010
Cremant de Loire, Jacky Marteau
Jacky Marteau's 'Domaine de la Bergerie' occupies some of Touraine's most enviable sites: south-facing, pebble-and-flint slopes beside the River Cher. Quality is paramount: low yields are encouraged by growing grass between vine rows, pruning is radical and leaves are plucked in summer to let the sun shine through. His meticulous approach extends to this intriguing, vivacious Loire bubbly, half Chenin for crisp, aromatic, appley characters, half Chardonnay for rounded citrus fruitiness.
