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Raffault, Domaine Olga

Raffault, Domaine Olga - Chinon Blanc "Champ-Chenin"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. Raffault has some of the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in Chinon in a one-hectare monopole called Champ Chenin, a particularly limestone-rich patch of ground in due west of the famous Les Picasses vineyard. Like all Raffault vines, these are farmed organically and harvested by hand....

Organic
DB0456-18

Raffault, Domaine Olga - Chinon Blanc "Chenin des Picasses"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Organic
DB3947-21

Baudry, Domaine Bernard

Baudry, Domaine Bernard - Chinon Blanc
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. From around 1.2 hectares' worth of parcels of 10-20-year-old vines on clay soils featuring limestone and flint. The farming is certified-organic with all vineyard work and harvest done by hand. The whole clusters are pressed slowly and gently, followed by natural settling in tank...

Organic
DB0305-23

Filliatreau

Filliatreau - Saumur Blanc "Lena"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. Sourced from a single grower with certified-sustainable vines nearby in Saumur. Filliatreau harvests the fruit. The bunches are direct-pressed and fermented to complete dryness with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine is aged in tank on its fine lees until the spring...

Organic
DB6199-23

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray Brut "Non-Dosé"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon makes two traditional-method sparkling wines, from bunches picked earlier than for the still wines and from the more clay and flint-forward parcels. The vines average 45 years old and have been certified-organic since 2007. For the non-dosé--versus the straight brut--the...

Organic
DB8931-20

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray "Silex Noir"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. Silex noir is a rare black flint found almost exclusively in this tiny corner of Vouvray, the Vallée de Cousse. it lends its name to this bottling, one of Pinon's two demi-sec bottlings (other is "Trois Argiles"). "Silex Noir" comes mainly from 2 parcels totaling 3.7 hectares on...

Organic
DB8927-23

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray "Trois Argiles"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. "Trois Argiles" or "three clays" is named for the 3 parcels of Pinon's most clay-forward soils which go into this demi-sec bottling. They lie on an east-facing plateau and tend to be cooler and slower-ripening thanks to the water-retaining soils. Overall the Pinon vines average...

WS:93 JG:92 Organic
DB8926-20

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray "Première Trie" Moelleux
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Organic
DB4952-03

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray Brut
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Organic
DB8928-22

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray "Les Déronnières"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. "Deronnières" is one of Pinon's two usual sec bottlings and is also a terroir-focused bottling, featuring the most limestone-forward of their parcels. The vines are on an exposed hilltop rich in tuffeau, the soft, chalky limestone particular to Vouvray and are the first to ripen...

Organic
DB8902-22

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray Sec
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Organic
DB8892-22

Pinon, Domaine François et Julien - Vouvray Sec "Buvez du Bon Pinon"
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France

100% Chenin Blanc. "Buvez du Bon Pinon" is a very special resurrection of a wine by Julien Pinon, starting in the 2020 vintage, in honor of the preceding generations of the family. His great grandfather Camille planted the vines for "Bon Pinon" in 1945 on silex noir or "black flint" soils unique to...

Organic
DB4145-22

Tue-Boeuf, Clos du

Tue-Boeuf, Clos du - VDF Pineau de la Loire
Chenin Blanc from Loire, France
Organic
DB1022-22

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