The setting of Domaine de la Noblaie is quaint – in a cozy and well-worn Loire Valley fashion. At the bottom of the valley are the ancient caves carved into the soft tuffeau bedrock with vineyard plots marching up the hillsides around the cellar, the family home, and tasting room. At the top of the hill are the oldest vines on the property and the source for Jérôme’s Pierre de Tuf. Fermented by indigenous yeasts in a 15th century stone tank on the property (evidence of the generations of winemaking that have happened in this beautiful valley), it is aged in neutral French oak barrels for 12 months, followed by 3 months in tank before bottling.
