Winemaker Notes
Clean, ample and aromatically rich nose with dominant pear notes. Balanced, long and nearly velvety length, reflecting a superb ripeness and long aging on lees.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Shows plumpness, with beeswax, yellow apple and cardamom notes, while focused acidity runs throughout, delivering vibrancy. This is nicely balanced and complex, introducing a savory side on the finish. Drink now through 2028.
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.
Marked by great châteaux built with the same tuffeau limestone that is also responsible for the excavation of so many of the famed Loire caves, Saumur is famous for its Chenin blanc based sparkling wines. Inside the Saumur region, Saumur-Champigny creates some of the Loire’s greatest Cabernet Francs.