Domaine La Tour Beaumont Haut-Poitou Sauvignon Blanc 2025

A vibrant, fresh Sauvignon Blanc with aromas of delicate fruit and boxwood. The mild, dry taste is accessible and lingers delightfully.

Haut Poitou

The Haut-Poitou is a small wine region north of the city of Poitiers. Viticulture dates back to the third century, but developed primarily through Dutch wine merchants who transported wine from this region and the Charentes to Flanders and Holland in the seventeenth century.

 

The climate is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and produces wines with sufficient freshness and aromatic intensity. Since 1970, the region has had its own designation of origin, then known as a VDQS, which was converted into an Appellation Contrôlée in 2011.

 

The quintessential grape variety for dry white Poitou is Sauvignon. Pierre Morgeau is the driving force behind the 26-hectare family estate, La Tour Beaumont. His vines grow on soft limestone soil, which lends the Sauvignon refinement and juiciness. Moreover, Pierre has a distinct philosophy regarding natural winemaking. He employs organic methods in the vineyard. For instance, the neighbor's horses are fed straw and hay from his fields, and the neighbor, in turn, supplies the natural fertilizer used in the vineyards. But this alone does not make a good wine.

 

Pierre Morgeau is also a gifted winemaker who masters vinification down to the last detail, such as very limited use of sulfites and the omission of chaptalization of the harvest (the addition of sugar). Highly recommended, this fresh white Sauvignon from a relatively unknown and potentially excellent wine region. The 2014 vintage already won a silver medal, and the 2015 received gold at the Concours Agricole in Paris.