Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Perhaps one of the most controversial of the world's iconic wines. This is a Chenin Blanc unlike any other made in the world. This wine reveals a sense of place from start to finish that other wines dream of showing. The 2020 vintage Coulée de Serrant is a wine that delivers an experience that lovers long for and seldom get. TASTING NOTES: This slightly cloudy wine offers aromas and flavors of ripe citrus rind, savory spices, dried earth, waxiness, and chalky notes. Pair it with an aged chevre, rosemary-accented Marcona almonds, and a wine-geeky friend. (Tasted: November 10, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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.