Château du Petit Thouars, Chenin Blanc "Le Clos" Chinon Blanc, Loire Valley, France 2023 glutenfree An elegant and focused Montlouis

An elegant and focused Montlouis from a very cold site that shows notes of flint

Beautiful layering of brandied cherry over a mildly tart cherry

25% Clairette

or even an aromatic Moroccan tagine

both in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Château du Petit Thouars, Chenin Blanc "Le Clos" Chinon Blanc, Loire Valley, France 2023 glutenfree An elegant and focused MontlouisPetit Thouarss white wine comes from a 0. 75 hectare plot of Chenin Blanc planted in 2010 within the confines of an ancient wall immediately behind the chateau itself (hence the name of the cuve). Situated in the southwest limit of the appellation close to Saumur Champigny, the soils here are more suited to the production of white wine than vineyards further northeast. Fermentations start naturally, sometimes in stainless steel tanks and sometimes in