Winemaker Notes
This seamlessly textured Chenin Blanc has explosive aromas of pear, white flowers, citrus peel, and quince. Bright and energetic, the palate bursts with a core of white nectarine, oyster shells, and intense minerality. A saline note keeps everything in balance on the long finish.
Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Ronceray evokes a ripe bouquet with aromas of freshly baked bread, pear, ripe orchard fruits, sweet spices and delicate toasty notes. Medium to full-bodied, it is fleshy and enveloping, with a mineral-laced finish and flinty character. It’s derived from vines planted on Quarts-de-Chaume terroir and matured on barrels, foudres and amphorae for 12 months.
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Wine Spectator
A precise style, with impressive freshness to its pear, melon, persimmon, verbena and flower blossom high tones. Hints of lanolin, heather and lime zest oil add detail to the palate, marked by ample crushed flint and mineral energy. Shows real freshness and structure, with white tea tannins giving grip to the bone-dry finish. Drink now through 2032. 500 cases made, 100 cases imported.
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Vinous
The 2022 Anjou Blanc Ronceray is a saline, salty, smoky number. It has lovely flesh and silky charm, followed by fine phenolic richness. Twelve months in foudre , barrel and amphora means this wine is all about texture.
Unquestionably one of the most diverse grape varieties, Chenin Blanc can do it all. It shines in every style from bone dry to unctuously sweet, oaked or unoaked, still or sparkling and even as the base for fortified wines and spirits. Perhaps Chenin Blanc’s greatest asset is its ever-present acidity, maintained even under warm growing conditions. Somm Secret—Landing in South Africa in the mid 1800s, today the country has double the acreage of Chenin Blanc planted compared to France. There is also a new wave of dedicated producers committed to restoring old Chenin vines.
Known for its delightful whites and sparkling Pétillant and Mousseux, made predominantly of Chenin blanc, Anjou has a temperate and dry maritime climate. The region's limited temperature variations are admiringly referred to locally as the “douceur angevine,” or “Anjou sweetness.” Fruit forward rosé and red wines from Cabernet Franc and Gamay merit Anjou its success within the Loire subregions.