The nose is incredibly complex—a burst of candied pear, mirabelle plum, and white flowers. The palate is very smooth, like a subtly flavored candy, with a little kick of energy at the finish that revives the palate, surprising us with its poetry and delicacy. A favorite for the whole team!
Ingredients and nutrition facts
Chenin from 40-year-old organically farmed vines, planted on a small 50-are plot with outcropping schist soils. The grapes were harvested by hand and vinified naturally: fully destemmed, three weeks of maceration, foot-trodden, and Sandrine and Manu collected the juice just like that, there wasn't even any pressing! Aged in a single barrel, for 6 months, on the lees and without stirring. Bottled on April 9th, 2026, with no fining and no filtration, and 2 g/hl of SO2 at bottling. Only 122 bottles made.
Sandrine and Manu Thuret, partners in life as in the vines, founded their little estate Les Indigènes in Passavant-sur-Layon. They had a first life in Paris, she as a restaurant owner, he as a graphic designer and artist (all this after studying ethnology!). Then came years of tasting wines, planning holidays around local winemakers, going to La Dive and buying a fair bit of wine, until they...
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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Organic or biodynamic wine
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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