Champalou Vouvray
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Champalou Vouvray is a white wine made from Chenin Blanc in Vouvray, in the Loire Valley of France. The vines average 35 years old. Harvest takes place early in the morning and the fruit is pressed immediately. Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks at a low temperature, and the wine rests on fine lees for eleven months before bottling in September.
Catherine and Didier Champalou both come from vigneron families. They started their domaine in 1983 after finishing viticultural school in Saumur. Their family farms twenty-one hectares on clay, limestone and siliceous soils, using sustainable methods along with the lunar calendar. They plant cover crops between the rows and plow regularly to keep the soil aerated. They make sparkling, dry, off-dry and moelleux Vouvray. Their daughter Céline has recently joined the domaine.