{"id":36,"count":2,"description":"Nestled between limestone cliffs and aromatic woodlands, <b>Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame<\/b> carries the echo of medieval Loire\u2019s quiet grandeur\u2014an appellation that whispers more than it shouts. In 1450, the village of Le Puy-Notre-Dame became a pilgrimage site when Charles VII gifted a fragment of the Virgin\u2019s belt to its collegiate church, setting a spiritual tone that still lingers among the vines. Today, that same sense of reverence shapes the vineyards surrounding the hilltop village, where Cabernet Franc finds one of its most expressive Loire incarnations. These reds, born of tuffeau-rich soils and schist-laced subsoils, blend structure and finesse with a stony, lifted elegance. It's tempting to reduce them to rustic charm, yet their aging potential and mineral poise offer silent retorts to every clich\u00e9. Aged a minimum of 12 months, often in traditional caves troglodytiques, they carry just a whisper of undergrowth, violet, and graphite\u2014a mirror to their monastic roots. Come when October\u2019s mist softens the valleys: the village bell tolls through the fog, the harvest is in, and time seems to exhale. Continue your journey through the Loire\u2019s hidden layers in the articles below.","link":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/magazine\/tag\/saumur-puy-notre-dame\/","name":"Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame","slug":"saumur-puy-notre-dame","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=36"},{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations?tags=36"},{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publicite?tags=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}