Les Athlètes du Vin 2024 Touraine Sauvignon Blanc from Loire Valley, France, organic white wine

Les Athlètes du Vin Touraine Sauvignon 2024

Name: Les Athlètes du Vin Touraine Sauvignon 2024
Brand: Les Athlètes du Vin
SKU: ATHLETES-SAUVIGNON
Price: 27.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$27.00

Style: Dry, light-bodied white; crisp and aromatic with lively acidity and a clean, direct varietal character
Grapes & Terroir: 100% Sauvignon Blanc; sandy-clay soils; 30-year-old vines; sustainably farmed; AOC Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; native yeast fermentation in stainless steel; no oak; unfined or lightly filtered; minimal sulfur addition
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 44-48°F; no decanting needed
Pairing: Crottin de Chavignol
Similar to: Entry-level Sancerre, Menetou-Salon Blanc, unoaked Pouilly-Fumé

Les Athlètes du Vin Touraine Sauvignon 2024 is a dry white wine produced under the Les Athlètes du Vin label, the négociant project of the Loire Valley winemaker collective Vini Be Good. Made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, the wine is sourced from 30-year-old vines on sandy-clay soils in the Touraine appellation of the Loire Valley, farmed sustainably and harvested by hand. Vinification is traditional and low-intervention: native yeast fermentation in stainless steel, no oak contact, and bottling with minimal sulfur and light or no filtration. Les Athlètes du Vin Sauvignon 2024 is bottled under AOC Touraine.

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Les Athlètes du Vin Touraine Sauvignon 2024

$27.00

Producer profile

Les Athlètes du Vin

Les Athlètes du Vin is a négociant label created by Vini Be Good, a collective of Loire Valley winemakers who joined together to produce a range of accessibly priced, terroir-driven wines from across the region. The project was designed to give wines from lesser-known Loire varieties and appellations a unified platform, reaching consumers who might not otherwise encounter them. Each wine in the lineup is produced by a member of the Vini Be Good network, either from their own vineyards or from fruit sourced from neighboring growers they know and trust, working under the same set of principles that govern their own estates.

The Vini Be Good collective includes some of the Loire's most respected natural and organic producers. Among the members and collaborators associated with the project are Dominique Joseph of Les Petits Saint Vincent, Catherine and Pierre Breton of Domaine Breton, Thierry Germain of Domaine des Roches Neuves, Fred Niger of Domaine de l'Écu, Evelyne de Pontbriand of Domaine de Closel, and Matthieu Vallée of Château Yvonne, among others. Several of the Les Athlètes du Vin cuvées, including the Pineau d'Aunis, are vinified by Gérard Vallée, brother of Matthieu Vallée of Château Yvonne. All members share a commitment to sustainable and organic farming and minimal-intervention winemaking.

The wines carry labels illustrated by Michel Tolmer, a French artist and cartoonist who has been closely connected to the French natural wine movement since the 1990s, designing labels and artwork for producers across the Loire and beyond. The illustrations give the range a consistent visual identity while reflecting the informal, community-driven spirit behind the project.

The goal of Les Athlètes du Vin is straightforward: to make honest, typical wines from the Loire at a price point that encourages regular drinking rather than special-occasion restraint.

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Wine region

Loire Valley, France

Touraine is a large wine appellation in the central Loire Valley, spread across the Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher departments of west-central France, with the city of Tours at its center. The appellation covers around 5,000 hectares across 104 communes and is one of the Loire's most productive and diverse zones, spanning dry whites, reds, rosés, and sparkling wines from a broad set of indigenous varieties.

Sauvignon Blanc is one of Touraine's signature white grapes, second only to Chenin Blanc in terms of production volume and regional identity. The appellation produces a traditional style of Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, sourced from vineyards with sandy-clay soils. These soils are common across much of Touraine's gentler terrain, offering free drainage and moderate fertility that suits Sauvignon Blanc's need for balance between vigor and concentration. The Loire River and its tributaries, including the Cher and the Indre, run through the zone, moderating temperatures and providing the humid autumn conditions that extend the growing season. Streetcar

The climate is temperate and continental, with mild winters, warm summers, and sufficient rainfall to reduce the need for irrigation across most of the region's hillside and benchland sites. Sauvignon Blanc in Touraine occupies a different stylistic register than its counterparts in the upper Loire appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The flint and limestone soils of those zones produce wines with a more pronounced mineral and smoky character, while Touraine Sauvignon on sandy-clay tends toward a fruitier, more aromatic profile with prominent white flower, citrus, and passion fruit notes alongside the variety's characteristic herbaceous edge.

AOC Touraine, established in 1939, remains one of the Loire's best-value appellations for Sauvignon Blanc, offering access to the variety's classic Loire character at a more accessible price point than the prestige appellations to the east.

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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