Francois Chidaine "Clos de la Grange" Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Francois Chidaine "Clos de la Grange" Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2023A Loire Valley legend, Francois Chidaine has been producing brilliant wines for past 30 years. A pivotal figure in the formation of the Mountlouis Sur Loire appellation, Chidaine has continued making waves by becoming a major advocate for regenerative agriculture a farming practice that implements permanent cover crops in the vines and discontinues tillage in order to closely mimic the natural state the vines would be in without human input, while

especially in fall

This a beautiful offering that tastes too good to be called an 'entry level wine

the winery employs most of the working folk in their village

then rehabilitating

forward-thinking winemaker based on the Canary island of Tenerife

as there is a distinctive iron tang that reflects the iron-rich clay soils where it is grown

They are working with organic and Biodynamic methods and zero sulfur

the area was in steep decline until the early 1990s

losing water and wrinkling through a natural concentration process

The resultant wine is ridiculously good

the wine was blended prior to bottling and mellowed for 4 months

After fermentation