Metro Wines Blog

About: Empire Distribution "Comparative" Wine Tasting

 

Please join us at Metro Wines on Charlotte Street on October 3rd from 4 to 6pm as Holly Leightener of Empire Distribution hosts a wine tasting comparing the same grapes from different regions. Event is, as always, "at the bar" and "on the house" and parking is free, close and easy.

Tasting:
Chateau de Villaneuve Saumur Blanc 
Chateau de Villaneuve Saumur Rouge

  On the plateau overlooking the Loire, the Château de Villeneuve offers stunning views of the river. Magnificent 18th century mansion serving as the winery is built in stone. The 25 acres surrounding the property of the family provides for give complex wines marked by a great personality. The plan of the vineyard is to maximize rooting and water supply to the vine, preserving natural enemies to promote integrated pest management and to limit the use of pesticides.

Domaine Beatrice et Pascal Lambert Chinon Blanc
Domaine Beatrice et Pascal Lambert Chinon Rouge

  Founded in 1987 near Chinon, Beatrice and Pascal have been carefully cultivating Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc in soils that range between sand and gravel deposits, limestone-clay soils and flint based clay soils. For over 20 years, the estate has been practicing organic viticulture and biodynamic preparations, becoming certified in 2012. 

  With their trusty draft-horse Isis, they plow the rows between the vines, planting each year different cover crops to assist in the uptake of the biodynamic preparations while adding back nutrients for the following season. Their overall purpose is to accentuate the purity of the terroir from which their vines come, while allowing them to elaborate on their personalities in the cellar.