Contact
If we can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact us, or drop by the Rose & Crown during business hours:
email: roseandcrown@alderney.ws
phone: +44 (0) 1481 823414
fax: +44 (0) 1481 823615
The Rose & Crown Hotel
Le Huret,
Alderney
UK Channel Islands
Delivery on Alderney is free :-) we deliver Monday to Saturday between 10am and 1pm.
Please note that we cannot deliver off-island.
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Coteaux de Saumur,Reserve des Vignerons 1996
Wine; vintage: 1996; ABV: 12.5%;Honeyed bouquet. Surprisingly lively and youthful flavour with acidity to balance the sweetness, Medium to medium dry. This is one of the Loires rarer wines - only being made in great vintage years.
Grape varieties: Chenin Blanc;
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country: France
region: Loire
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vintage: 1996
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Vignerons de Saumur
The Cave des Vignerons was established in 1957 by a group of winegrowers who wanted to combine their experience and expertise and to meet future challenges.
The Saumur Cave des Vignerons is in the heart of the Saumur Champigny vineyard. Located at the top of the Saint Cyr en Bourg hill, it looks like a temple of wine surrounded by vines. Twenty-five metres below the premises, a maze of thousand year-old galleries extending 7 kilometres houses a thriving concern. The white limestone, locally known as tuffeau, was first extracted by the Oratorian monks to build churches, houses and the famous Loire Valley chateaux. The site was bought by local winegrowers in 1957, who dug out two vertical shafts to make full use of gravity flow. This original conception enables various activities to take place on separate levels between the receiving platform, located above ground, and the vats 25 metres below.
Milestones
1957
Foundation of the Cave des Vignerons de
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Images from Vignerons de Saumur
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