Loire Wine

The only dry wine from the vintage is the 2020 Vouvray Le Mont Sec whose tank sample shows a classy pure precise and chalky/lemony bouquet with bright and perfectly healthy fruit and some herbal as well as yeasty aromas. On the... Read More

This is elegant and enticing with baking spice salted butter and hazelnut notes up front but with some air flavors of honeysuckle roasted pineapple and singed lemon peel emerge giving this an edge. A flash of cardamom flows through... Read More

This red sports an elegant feel with ripe fleshy notes of plum sauce dark cherry and coffee. The acidity gives it a lift and makes it vibrant while medium tannins provide support and structure. Good length. Drink now through 2027.... Read More

The 2018 Anjou Violette is deep rich and very intense but elegant on the pure and refined nose with dark fruit tea and kumquat aromas. Full-bodied deep and generous on the palate this is a full-bodied rich and generous silky-textured... Read More

This biodynamic estate was started in 2008 by Anne-Claude Leflaive and continued by her husband Christian Jacques. But its history is the soil they recognized as perfect for excellent Chenin Blanc. This wine captures intense fruit... Read More

A flattering modern-styled Chenin with toasty oak salty butter and pie crust bringing richness to quince pear and lemon rind. Powered by zesty acidity this gains good balance from a vibrant beam of mineral and almond shell bitterness.... Read More

The 2009 Saumur-Champigny Le Bourg exhibits a strongly smoky aroma and scents of black olive tapenade sourdough bread herbal liqueur along with black cherries and berries. Archaically powerful and concentrated but also beguilingly... Read More

Clos Rougeard’s 2007 Saumur Champigny Les Poyeux is striking. Rich and beautifully layered on the palate with tons of Cabernet Franc character the 2007 is a sexy racy wine. I love it. (Drink between 2017-2027)

The 2018 Anjou Ronceray assembles all the plots of the Domaine on the Quarts-de-Chaume rump. Its name refers to the abbey of the same name owner of the Chaume vineyards since the 11th century reports Ivan Massonat who stresses... Read More