Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2023 121825OFFER indigenous grapes

indigenous grapes

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ending with a delicate balsamic note

Giovanni Reserve” Nocino is obtained from an infusion of young walnuthulls

The grapes come off quartzite and loess soils that keep the wine tight and structured rather than plush

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2023 121825OFFER indigenous grapesChenin Blanc has more range than any other white grape it's great dry, great sweet, great sparkling and Francois Chidaine is the man who proved Montlouis could do it every bit as well as Vouvray across the river. Les Bournais may be the finest vineyard he farms: clay limestone at Husseau in Montlouis sur Loire, worked biodynamically, aged five to six months on fine lees in demi muids. It's the exotic one in his lineup white fruit on the nose that