Winemaker Notes
An intense dry wine, with structure and complexity. The white fruits and minerality come through this structured body, yet have an appealing roundness that becomes more apparent with air and time.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This wine has benefited from expert winemaking and aging and delivers depth. Golden apple, communion wafer, slightly-browned toast, cantaloupe and bosc pear open on the nose along with dried honeysuckle blossom. Creamy in texture, the wine boasts bread dough, butter and yogurt. You can enjoy the wine by itself pre- or post- dinner.
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Wine Spectator
This powerful white shows real presence and substance, with a halo of smoke, saline and grilled herbs overlaying a core of crisp fruit -- apple, melon and quince -- all held upright by a steely beam of acidity. Fresh-cut chive and grilled oregano add to the savory complexity on the finish, which stretches way out with hints of salted caramel and verbena. Still tight, this needs time. Best from 2026 through 2035.
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.