Real standout, with an expressive and complex nose featuring white flowers, white fruit, and verbena, underpinned by mineral notes and a hint of honey. The palate lives up to the nose, beautiful harmony, with a balanced, graceful texture and an incredibly long, fruity, and pure finish.
100% Chenin from 17-year-old vines farmed biodynamically, planted on a single terroir in V… (we're not allow to say — it’s a Vin de France!) with shallow clay soils and white chalk, over a tuffeau subsoil. Hand-harvested with successive sorting. Vinification: slow pressing in a pneumatic press, fermentation in demi-muids with indigenous yeasts, then ageing on total lees in these same demi-muids (620-litre barrels) for nearly a year. Bottled in August 2024, unfined, unfiltered, with little sulphur.
François Chidaine is one of the most talented winemakers of his generation, a true Chenin master to whom the Montlouis-sur-Loire appellation owes a great deal. Son of winemakers, he founded his domaine in 1989, bringing together scattered parcels over 4 hectares. Early on, Didier Dagueneau convinced him to work organically, then biodynamically: the vineyard became Demeter certified in 1999...
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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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