{"title":"Minchin","description":"\u003cp\u003eBertrand Minchin, who works with his wife Albane, farms two estates at the eastern end of the Loire. The first is La Tour Saint-Martin at Morogues, in Menetou-Salon, where he brought his grandfather's vines back into production in 1987; the second is Le Claux Delorme at Selles-sur-Cher, in Valençay, which he bought in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Menetou-Salon holding runs to seventeen hectares on Kimmeridgian limestone, the same seam that surfaces at Sancerre and Chablis: about ten hectares of Sauvignon Blanc at Morogues and seven of Pinot Noir at Humbligny, the commune to the north. Selles-sur-Cher adds fifteen hectares of gravel over a flinty clay subsoil, planted to Sauvignon Blanc, Gamay, Côt, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir. Menetou-Salon is bottled as the village white Morogues and the barrel-aged Cuvée Honorine, and as the red Pommerais; Valençay gives the white Les Mi-Voies and the red Les Saint-Lazare, a blend of Gamay with Côt, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vineyards hold High Environmental Value certification, and the Menetou-Salon estate has been certified organic since 2022. Picking is by hand and parcels are vinified separately. The whites run to citrus and white flowers over a chalky finish; the Valençay reds are light and gravelly, and take a slight chill. Arcana Cabinet lists five wines: the Menetou-Salon whites Morogues and Cuvée Honorine, the Valençay white Les Mi-Voies and red Les Saint-Lazare, and a Touraine red from Gamay. The range also includes the Menetou-Salon red Pommerais and a Touraine Sauvignon Blanc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased in\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMorogues (Menetou-Salon) and Selles-sur-Cher (Valençay)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLa Tour Saint-Martin, from 1987; Le Claux Delorme, acquired 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 hectares in Menetou-Salon; 15 hectares in Valençay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarming\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHigh Environmental Value certification; Menetou-Salon estate certified organic since 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrincipal appellations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMenetou-Salon, Valençay, Touraine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrapes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Gamay, Côt, Cabernet Franc\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/arcanacabinet.com\/collections\/minchin.oembed","provider":"Arcana Cabinet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}