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Julie & Toby Bainbridge

Julie & Toby Bainbridge "Les Jongleurs" Loire Valley, France 2023

Julie & Toby Bainbridge "Les Jongleurs" Loire Valley, France 2023

Regular price $37.00 USD
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FROM STEVEN GRAF:

THE WINE: Coteaux plots. Dominated by iron rich sands, the soils are very red. There is lots of quartz in evidence too. For 3 years now, sheep run through the vines over winter to combat erosion and keep the ground mangeable come spring. They plough 100% as soils are very infertile, but stop working the soils earlier to keep the ground temps down as much as possible. Vines from the 1980s.

THE PRODUCER: Toby and Julie are incredible friends who have the most kind and endearing spirit of anyone I know. They are honest, hardworking, winemakers who look at their trade with the patience and serenity of a master craftsman, and the humbleness and tenacity of your neighborhood milkman. Toby's an ex-pat from the UK, and Julie found him working on a harvest crew in Protection, Kansas. After a long courtship they have settled in Anjou with their two young children. In the early 2000s, Toby started working with Didier Chaffardon and the couple made their first wine in 2007, the same year they gave birth to their first son. Approximately 6.5 hectares of their 8ha are currently under vine with drought resistant soil, rich in calcium.

All their vineyards are worked organically. They focus on wines for drinking: fresh, bright and natural. In the cellar, macerations are generally short and neutral vessels are always used, whether fiberglass or stainless steel.

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