Summary
Domaine Wilfrid Rousse covers 19.5 hectares between the municipalities of Savigny-en-Véron, Beaumont-en-Véron in the Chinon AOC. There is a total of 18.5 hectares planted to Cabernet Franc and a half hectare of Chenin Blanc which he makes a tiny amount of white wine. Wilfrid works the vineyards organically with utmost respect for the soil, maintaining the balance of life to protect the ecosystem, and ultimately highlights the terrior from each parcel. His wife Annie manages the marketing, trade shows, and export sales.
Housed in an old farmhouse at a place called La Halbardière, the Wilfrid Rousse estate has a special signature: a wind vane symbolizing a mermaid holding a fish in his hand. This figurine was once enthroned on the roofs of the medieval Castle Des Places in Savigny-en-Véron. The Mermaid, half-woman, half-fish, according to the Homeric tradition is a deity of the maritime world. A talented musician, she seduced sailors, attracted them by her songs and made them lose their sense of direction. The Siren has naturally become the blazon of the Wilfrid Rousse estate; let yourself be guided and let yourself be seduced.