Loire Valley
Les Pions - 2020 - Ludovic Chanson
Domaine Ludovic Chanson
Fine bubbles, ultra aromatic with notes of white fruits, honey, and fresh mushrooms... A luscious palate, with freshness, minerality, and a long finish with a hint of citrus – a beautiful expression of this grape variety.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Montlouis-sur-Loire
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
100% Chenin, from young vines, grown on silty-flinty soils and located in Montlouis. The estate is certified organic by ECOCERT. Vinification: direct pressing, refermentation in the bottle with residual sugars, disgorged in July 2022, after about 18 months of maturation in stacks. Bottled with zero dosage, just a micro-dose of sulfur.
Ludovic Chanson
Ludovic Chanson, from his first bottles released as a young upstart winemaker, has been proving himself year in year out in Montlouis. Entering the wine world in 2009, having left a career in pharmaceutical research, this scientist was bitten by the vine bug during time spent with Vincent Carême and Damien Délécheneau (of the Domaine La Grange Tiphaine). He’d buy 8.5 hectares to start out, but...
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