Winemaker Notes
Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Pineapple, papaya, caramel, orange marmalade and dried apricot open on the nose along with hints of ginger and almond. The biodynamically-farmed wine is rich and fulsome with dried-fruit flavors suggested on the nose along with peach stone fruit and orange zest. Savennières is a passion that Famille Joly captures in a bottle.
Editors' Choice
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.