BRAND HIGHLIGHT

La Grange Tiphaine

La Grange Tiphaine (Tiphaine’s Barn) is a lieu-dit on the upper part of the gorgeous Renaissance city of Amboise, just east of Montlouis-sur-Loire AOC. Damien’s family has been living and farming here since the 19th century. He is today the 5th generation of Delecheneau growing grapes.

All the wines, regardless of whether domaine or négoce, are processed in Tiphaine’s winery and receive a very similar, simple treatment – gentle slow pneumatic press, overnight settling in concrete tanks, then fermentation and aging in concrete, clay or neutral oak barrels in the underground cellar, with the time and type of vessel depending on the wine. The whole structure is smartly designed on several levels in order to avoid pumping, which would oxidize and damage the wine, and everything is moved around by gravity.

Native fermentation? Of course, helped by the use of the same concrete tank for starting all the fermentations, to avoid slow fermentations and the risk of the acetaldehyde notes they might cause.

Fining? Never. Filtration? Yes, lightly through a layer of mineral diatomite for the dry wines, in order to get the desired brightness of the reds and purity of the whites.

Openness, consistency, neat work and dedication to community... these are very fair wines indeed. And delicious, above all.