La Grange de Noue Mea Choucab 2023

Marie Percevault and Hervé Bossé started La Grange de Noue Mea in 2014 in the southern Côteaux du Layon (Anjou, Loire), now farming around six hectares organically. The estate's whites are Chenin-driven; the reds work mostly with Cabernet Franc and Grolleau. Choucab is a 100% Cabernet Franc bottling, vinified spontaneously, aged in fibreglass tank, bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added SO2. The sandy-clay soils of the southern Layon push the variety toward the lighter, brighter end of the Loire Cab Franc register: red-fruited, peppery, low in tannin, built to drink chilled and young. 12% alcohol. A useful natural-leaning Loire red for trade accounts wanting Anjou Cab Franc that drinks easy without losing structure.