Hervé Villemade Cour Cheverny is a crisp, mineral, elegant and multilayered white wine made from 100% Romorantin grapes.
The vineyard of Cour Cheverny is located in the Loire Valley. The production area spans over 11 villages of the Loir-et-Cher department. The AOP Cour Cheverny (Protected Designation of Origin) is a single-varietal appellation dedicated to the Romorantin grape, a grape variety that is cultivated nowhere else. This white wine stands out by his incomparable complexity and liveliness. 24 winemakers cultivate 71 hectares of this precious grape and they produced 3,597 hectoliters in 2023.
DOMAINE HERVÉ VILLEMADE, Cour-Cheverny
Organic, Natural
Domaine Hervé Villemade is an estate of 25 hectares (17 of which are planted) located in Cour-Cheverny. It has passed from father to son from the installation of Hervé’s grandfather in 1939. Hervé took over the estate in 1995, after studying viticulture and winemaking.
In the late 90’s Hervé tasted his neighbour Thierry Puzelat’s wines (who was then in his second year of organic viticulture) as well as Marcel Lapierre’s Morgon and was struck by their purity. He decided to turn a couple of hectares organic just to check: no synthetic products, but ploughing and hand harvest instead, and no-or very-little sulphur. The results proved to him that he should travel the non-interventionist path. Hervé’s wines carry a trademark purity of fruit, the wines are fleshy, honest, generous and articulate.