Winemaker Notes
Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2022 Savennières offers clarity and purity with a real chiseled precision. While athletic, concentrated and persistent, the élevage of 15 months in barrel (up from 12 months previously) has rounded its edges and given greater harmony, wrapping up its firm line. Lemon, lime, salt and spice linger on the linear finish.
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Wine Spectator
Starts off savory and taut, showing green plum, Asian pear and fresh herb notes that bring a supple feel to the palate, but then quickly builds to reveal mineral energy, with good density and concentration. The chalky mineral elements offer a grippy tug on the finish, which is marked by a blanched almond detail. Built to last in the cellar. Drink now through 2035. 150 cases made, 30 cases imported.
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.