Eric, Christine and Clément NICOLAS
winemaker Eric, Christine and Clément Nicolas
Region: Loire Valley
Town: Lhomme
Grape varieties Vineyards: Chenin, Pineau d'Aunis, Gamay
Surface Winery: 20 ha
Annual production: 40,000
Certification: Organic (AB Ecocert) and Biodynamic (Biodyvin)
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| Thanks to Eric Nicolas, of Winery de Bellivière, Sarthe wines have returned to the fine tables after decades of denigration. In viticulture as in wine making, rigour is the order of the day at Winery : Eric and Christine Nicolas obtained the Ecocert label in 2008 and the vineyard is partially biodynamic. Low yields, scraped and ploughed soils, manual harvesting. A wide variety of terroirs characterise Winery on tuffeau soils, which Chenin is particularly fond of, and on flinty clays, ideal for Pineau d'Aunis. For the whites, only Chenin (up to 80 years old for the old vines), the juices are vinified separately in barrels of 1 to 3 wines and then matured on the lees for up to 18 months. Depending on the vintage, the noble rot attacks the grapes to a greater or lesser extent and this is how Eric Nicolas can offer us a wide range of white wines from dry to sweet. | Lhe reds, Pineau d'Aunis vines with yields of 25 hectolitres per hectare (some of which are 100 years old), are vinified in vats with punching down to obtain beautiful deep colours, then matured in barrels and bottled without filtration for smoother wines. Eric also tries his hand at making sweet rosé wines or a Pineau d'Aunis straw wine, depending on what nature offers him - that is, depending on the vintage. After years in electronics maintenance, studies in oenology in Montpellier and a short stay in a cooperative cellar in the Var, the Nicolas family settled in 1995 in the Loir valley in Touraine at Winery de Bellivière with 3.5 hectares. They bought a few plots of land in Jasnières and now own 15 hectares scattered over 55 plots of land... in 5 villages, sometimes ten kilometres apart. |
