Fosse Sèche Laurasie Red Wine 2023

The domain

Domaine de Fosse Seche's terroir is mainly limestone, but it also contains iron oxide and flint. The Fosse Seche vineyard is ideally located, benefiting from the wind and coolness of the Brossay plateau, as well as from the heat stored by the flint stones.

CHATEAU DE FOSSE SECHE’S CREATION

The earliest remains of Chateau de Fosse Seche date from 800 to 1000 A.D. and from the Middle Ages, including some of the oldest wine vats in France, where Benedictine monks made wine for the parish. It was also in Fosse Sèche in 1905 that Paul Taveau, a winemaker, undertook all new trials in terms of vinification. He created the Cabernet of Anjou and was rewarded for this discovery. Today, Guillaume and Adrien PIRE, two generous and passionate twin brothers, accompanied by their companions, offer us Fosse Sèche identity wines from an exceptional terroir.

DOMAINE DE FOSSE SECHE’S CONVICTIONS

Today, Fosse Seche has 45 hectares of one holding: 15 hectares of vines and the remainder dedicated to biodiversity (forests, flowers, hives and birds). The Château de Fosse-Sèche is officially classified among the LPO (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux). Château Fosse Seche has also been labelled Ecocert and Biodyvin for several years. Another peculiarity of the Château de Fosse Seche is the use of amphores. These are made of clay concrete, which brings more fruity aromas and body without wooding the wines.

EOLITHE AND ARCANE, CHATEAU FOSSE SECHE WINES

Adrien and Guillaume Pire today offer us a white and a red in Saumur appellation of undisputed purity. These wines from Fosse Sèche come from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon grape varieties for reds and Chenin and Chardonnay for whites with these best known wines Eolithe and Arcane. The red Eolithe cuvée offers a pure expression of the fruit while being tense and concentrated. The cuvée Fosse Seche Arcane white is a wine with a good guarding potential, aromas of honey combine with floral notes making the ensemble both elegant and fleshy.