{"product_id":"a-labordage-francois-blanchard-natural-wine","title":"A l'Abordage! 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eA l'Abordage! is 100% direct-press Sauvignon Blanc from François Blanchard's Le Grand-Cléré vineyard in Lémeré, a village roughly 40 minutes south of Tours. The grapes are pressed immediately without skin contact, fermented with native yeasts, and aged entirely in stainless steel. No sulfites are added at any stage, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Residual CO2 may cause light refermentation in the bottle — open and drink promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Grand-Cléré is a single parcel of roughly 3 hectares situated at approximately 110 meters elevation, one of the higher points on the Touraine plateau. The soils are firm clay studded with very large fragments of silex — flint too dense to plow mechanically. The Sauvignon Blanc vines are around 50 years old. Blanchard farms the site organically, certified by Ecocert, and is a member of Vins S.A.I.N.S. The parcel is managed as a permaculture system with fruit trees, natural ground cover, and no synthetic inputs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the wine does not conform to AOC Touraine regulations, it is labeled Vin de France. The direct-press approach gives A l'Abordage! a lighter, fresher profile than Blanchard's skin-contact cuvée A Table!, with silex-driven minerality and bright citrus character up front. Production is very small and the wine moves quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francois Blanchard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37896582168775,"sku":"BLANABOR19C","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/francois-blanchard-a-l_abordage-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186581","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/a-labordage-francois-blanchard-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}