Winemaker Notes
From red fruit to cooked fruit through black fruit, spices and a floral bouquet, this is a wine of beautiful complexity that invites indulgence. A velvety texture with silky tannins.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Fresh, spicy nose with lifted green peppercorn, grilled paprika, damp earth funk and a hint of charcoal and cherries. This is really juicy and bright with crunchy, fine tannins and a juicy, vibrant finish. Long and intrinsic. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Realy delicious now, but can hold, too.
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Wine Enthusiast
This wine is a chameleon offering savoriness on the nose and brightness on the palate. The wine has earthy aromas of dried mushroom, red raspberry, fresh mulch and black plum. The red-fruit-forward palate is livelier than the nose which is undergirded by a persistent freshness and grippy tannins that linger to the end of the long finish.
Editors' Choice
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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.