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Sparkling Loire wine from Saumur - Ackerman and
Gratien & Meyer
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Large quantities of sparkling
wine is also produced in the Loire valley. The production is centred
around the city of Saumur. Some of the main producers are: Ackerman,
Gratien & Meyer, Veuve Amiot, Langlois-Chateau etc. |
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Ackerman cellars |
Gate post decoration... |
They used to be called Ackerman-Laurence |
The Ackerman cellars are in an impressive
old quarry. Today production has mode to modern facilities but you can
still visit the old cellars |
A secondary fermentation in bottle gives a
depot, as you can see here. This is removed by the 'dégorgement' |
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Bottle sizes: quarter, half, bottle, magnum,
jeroboam, methusalem, salamanazar, baltazar |
Ackerman's Directeur Technique, Jean-Paul
Malinge |
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Ackerman's oenologue, Karine Huibant |
And the Directeur Générale, Bernard Jacob |
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"Circuit touristique - route du vin" |
Rosé sparkling wine, after 'rémuage',
awaiting 'dégorgement' |
The chateau at Gratien & Meyer, originally
built as a hunting lodge but now used as offices and for receptions |
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Next to the chateau you can see the
fermentation tanks and then the Loire |
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Nicolas François, originally from Champagne,
now 'chef de cave' at Gratien & Mayer |
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