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Guide
to the Loire regions
Val du
Loir
Producer
Profiles – Valley
of the lower Loir, the Sarthe
and the Mayenne
Domaine
du Plessis Greffier
Domaine du Plessis
Greffier
The
village
of Huillé
was once recognized sufficiently enough to have its own designated crus.
The hamlet is found on the north bank of the Loir, just five kilometres
west of the pretty town of Durtal. Domaine du Plessis Greffier
is the only remaining producer here and is actually sited across the
departmental border in Maine-et-Loire, and takes the appellation of Anjou
rather than the more fitting Coteaux du Loir. In the 1950s, the domaine
extended to 180 hectares of vines, but today only twelve remain. The vines
are rented by the owners of the adjoining manor house to Michel Cadeau and
he has been making wines here for the past twenty years. This is Cabernet
Franc and Chenin country, and interestingly referred to by the owner as
the ‘northern most vineyard in
Anjou’ as opposed to the ‘western most vineyards of the Loir’.
Michel
Cadeau
Domaine du Plessis Greffier
Huillé
T: + 33 2 41 76 93 68
F: + 33 2 41 25 12 79
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