Maison Langlois-Chateau

In 1973, Maison Bollinger, a family enterprise at Aÿ-Champagne, recognized the quality of Langlois-Chateau wines and acquired majority ownership, thus contributing its financial resources as well as its agencies in France and abroad. Michel Villedey, a son-in-law of the Bollinger family and also from Saumur, became president of the firm, assisted by Jean Leroux, son of Maurice.

The enterprise subsequently experienced rapid growth, adding to the capacity of its cellars, creating vineyards at Saumur, Saumur-Champigny, and Sancerre (currently 73 hectares). Alongside the production of its “fine bubble wines” under the Appellation “Crémant de Loire, ” the winery also produces “still wines” from its own vineyards. It is these still wines that Terroir Selections has chosen to focus on.

To the natural environment, the wine grower and maker has added his ancestral know-how, his passion and his enthusiasm. Langlois-Chateau has echoed and perpetuated these characteristics since 1885. The Domain believes strongly in a few essential stages to the production of great wines:

• Knowledge of vineyards and soils : there can be no great wine without quality grapes. Langlois-Chateau is very active in wine research and always favors natural methods and respect for the environment in its vineyards (73 hectares), notably through the use of integrated pest management. It is by these means that Langlois-Chateau was one of the first wine makers to obtain the Terra Vitis label.
• excellence in wine production: Langlois-Chateau regularly invests in the best materials (pneumatic presses, thermo-regulated vats, storage in casks, etc). Technology remains at the service of the grapes, of their characteristics and of their specificities.
• Mastery of the blending process is essential for the Crémants de Loire sold under the Langlois Brand. The grapes come excluisvely from 6 geographic locations, considered as “crus” (producing distinctive wines) by our Company. The musts from each geographic location are kept separate and independently converted into wine, before being blended in order to embody the style of the Company: freshness and elegance.
• Quality control is permanent from the vineyard to the shipments. Each bottle has a lot number. With it, we can find in our records each step of the process.