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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Vinous
The 2020 Savennières provides delicious purity of Chenin Blanc fruit. It blossoms in the mouth, expanding and filling with a creaminess and ripeness that fleshes it out. There are some early signs of development—a note of almond and a hint of lanolin emerging alongside the pure apple fruit. It’s a rather charming Savennières with schist bedrock lending fine structure.
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Wine Spectator
This savory, mineral-driven white is defined by lemon and crisp apple notes layered with elements of smoke, gunflint and crushed stone. Offers steely acidity and real structure, with an upright spine and grip guiding the firm finish, which lingers, with hints of dried green herbs.
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.