Quarts is a south-facing lieu-dit of Quarts de Chaume which before the French Revolution was in the hands of the sieureurs de Haute Guerche. They had tithed a quarter of this parcel’s wines to the Abbey of Ronceray in Angers for generations, a tradition now enshrined in the name of the appellation – Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru. After the harvest for Quarts Anjou Sec, a few select clusters are left on the vines for the formation of botrytis, which given the proximity to the Layon, occurs in almost every vintage.
