Winemaker Notes
A rich and powerful wine set to stand the test of time. The fruit offers great concentration and the wine is sowing typical oxidative notes balanced with the intensity of the fruit and great acidity.
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Wine Enthusiast
This is an icon Savennières from a laurel-deserving producer. You'll smile when you put your nose in the glass because this wine unconsciously draws that reaction. Ripe, green-and-golden orchard aromas fill the nose and motivate the palate towards peach stone fruit and dried white blossom. Open the bottle the day before drinking to experience the wine at its peak; also decant for the gold star.
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Wine Spectator
Verbena and green herb oil notes infuse flavors of mulled apple and spicy white pepper in this silky, honeyed white. Shows good ripeness as honeyed brioche details are cut with zesty radish spiciness and a tug of chalky tannins. Cool mint and ground ginger accents add to the complexity on the densely textured palate.
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.