Union des Vignerons Saint-Pourcain


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Even if the legend traces the origins of the Saint-Pourçain vineyard back to the Phoenicians in the 5th century BC, the discovery in Vichy of ancient viticultural tools and instruments attests to the cultivation of vines in the year 50 BC by the Romans. The Union des vignerons ( Wine Growers' Union ) of Saint-Pourçain, has largely contributed to the recovery of the vineyard, especially in the 1980's when those in charge of the Saint-Pourçain appellation decided on a more qualitative delimitation of the plots, the implantation of grape varieties and clones also more adapted as well as the implementation of more modern cultivation practices. 500 hectares were replanted between 1978 and 1995 in the form of homogenous closes. Today, the average age of the vines exceeds 30 years. About twenty of the winegrowers, owners of holdings from 15 to 35 hectares, make up the structure of the winery, a decisive driving force in the development of the Union des Vignerons de Saint-Pourçain. On site, a team of 15 people, supervised by Frédéric Germain, General Manager of the Union des Vignerons de Saint-Pourçain, ensures in a professional, but nevertheless warm and family atmosphere, the production, the breeding, the conditioning, as well as the management and the marketing of the various wines of the AOC Saint-Pourçain. The red wines are made from a blend of two grape varieties, the Gamay, known worldwide, and the Pinot-Noir, a grape variety mainly used by the Burgundians. This blend produces light and fruity red wines of great finesse and unique expression. The whites, representing one third of the surface area, are produced from a blend of two main varieties, Chardonnay, world famous, and the native Tressallier grape, followed by a secondary variety, Sauvignon, with a maximum of 10%. This blend gives the white wines very aromatic expressions with a nose of pear and white flowers. All the rosé wines are made from Gamay, which produces excellent thirst-quenching wines.