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.Other labels exist (Demeter, Biodyvin, Nature et Progrès...). These have more demanding specifications than organic farming but are not recognised by public agencies.
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 17.5/20 “Intense, brilliant purplish color. Aromas of black fruit, violets, spices...Rich, full, fleshy, juicy mouthfeel, with racy, velvety tannins, generous, greedy fruit and a fresh, elegant finish.”
Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 91-93/100 “The 2023 Morgon Aux Pierres Javernières comes from vines planted in 1931 and aged in concrete eggs. This is slightly more opulent and candied on the nose than the Côte du Py, perhaps without the same sophisitication. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, a little earthier in style, very well-balanced with an almost flinty finish. Excellent.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 17.5/20 “In 2023, the domaine produced 3900 bottles of its now almost ‘cult’ cuvée des Impénitents from vines planted in 1920 below the hill of Py on clay and iron oxide soil. Intense color. Fine, fruity, floral, spicy, toasty nose.”
Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 92-94/100 “The 2023 Morgon Les Impénitents comes from the Domaine's oldest vines, planted in 1912 or 1914. Dark berry fruit, licorice and touches of graphite emerge on the nose. This is very complex and beautifully defined, one of thei more cerebral aromatic profiles in this vintage. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, slightly chalky tannins. Dark berry fruit mixes with black tea and black olive, leading to a structured and serious finish. try to resist temptation and allow it few years to settle this bottling repays patience.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2044
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2036
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2023): 95/100 “Everything is complex and at the same time simple in this wine. The elegance of the aromas on the nose form a delicate, sensitive whole, and the charm of the palate is underpinned by a texture of delicate salinity and a temperance of juicy fruit. Nothing protrudes from this well-balanced Condrieu".
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2036
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): Coup de ♥ 96/100 “Coteau de Vernon displays superb subtlety and complexity of aroma, with a dazzling finish.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2029-2042
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2035
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Organic certification:
- 2020
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The Vouvray wines of Domaine Chidaine (Les Argiles, Baudoin) are hidden under the appellation Vin de France. They can no longer claim the Vouvray appellation since 2011 because they are vinified at the estate in Montlouis-sur-Loire (i.e. on the other side of the bridge over the Loire) and not in the commune of Vouvray. The INAO has reasons that reason does not know!The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “In Vouvray, Les Argiles unfurls a more explosive, textured and salivating material, while offering an extremely seductive fatness.”
La Revue du Vin de France (February 2024): 93/100 “Les Argiles seduces with its restrained power, tone and burst of fruit”.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2030
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The Vouvray wines of Domaine Chidaine (Les Argiles, Baudoin) are hidden under the appellation Vin de France. They can no longer claim the Vouvray appellation since 2011 because they are vinified at the estate in Montlouis-sur-Loire (i.e. on the other side of the bridge over the Loire) and not in the commune of Vouvray. The INAO has reasons that reason does not know!More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2030
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.Clos du Breuil, slender and saline, comes from 60-year-old vines on a flinty clay terroir.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2026
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.Clos du Breuil, slender and saline, comes from 60-year-old vines on a flinty clay terroir.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2026
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.Les Choisilles, a blend of different parcels, is more rounded and full-bodied, with notes of white peach.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “Fresh aromatic nuances (floral, aniseed), Les Choisilles delivers with finesse.”
La Revue du Vin de France (February 2024): 93/100 “ample and comfortable, firm and full of beautiful bitters.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2033
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.Les Bournais, the cellar's tightest wine, also boasts surprising length.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (February 2024): 94/100 “Cumin, aniseed and fresh pear in this full-bodied, ample wine with chiseled, solar ripeness: it is precise and saline, still restrained, with great ageing potential.”
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024): 92/100 “I can't imagine there's anyone who wouldn't wante ton drink the 2022 Montlouis Les Bournais. It's a hands-off, carefully crafted Chenin. Grown on clay-limestone soils, the result is elegant and tender with a lovely chalky line on the drawn-out finish. Considering the drought and heat of the 2022 season, it's a credit that it retains fresh pear fruit and floral notes alongside mouthwatering acidity. Hints of lees-derived nutty pastry join the fruit flavors.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2026
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.Clos Habert is a ''half sweet'' wine (11.9 g/L residual sugar), with fleshy fruit (Williams pear), a smooth palate and elegant freshness.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (February 2024): 93/100 “a luminous, tender white, harmonious in its buried richness.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2037
- Organic certification:
- 1992
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2021 vintage in the press:
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024) : 92/100 "Don't mess with the 2021 Saumur blanc L'Échelier: it's got attitude–flirty, floral and transparent, with the purity of a glacier. The Germains didn't do any malolactic despite the natural acidity of this vintage. This is an acid fiend's wine, but it's ripe phenolics give real firmness, like a fierce girl. Melon and apple flavors linger on the very pure and strict conclusion."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2032
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2020 vintage in the press:
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024) : 91/100 "There's a richness to the 2020 Saumur blanc L'Échelier that reflects the dry, warm conditions of the vintage. Ripe and tropical yet saline with notes of almond meal, it's already beginning to develop. The 2020 rampages to retain its freshness despite the exotic fruit."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2032
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2019 vintage in the press :
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024) : 95/100 "The 2019 Saumur blanc L'Échelier is dense, concentrated and ripe yet harnessed, with excellent power and purity coursing through its veins. It's salty and tangy, bone-dry and firm. The 2019 is my favorite vintage of the past decade."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2028
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2018 vintage in the press :
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024) : 92/100 « The 2018 Saumur blanc L'Échelier is dry, round, nutty and tropical. It was a very warm vintage, giving richness and ripe pineapple character. A racy acidity holds this wine together like tight reins. There's a contrast here between that tropicality and the zingy, crunchy acidity, which messes with your head. »
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2020-2030
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2017 vintage in the press :
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024) : 93/100 "The golden-hued 2017 Saumur blanc L'Échelier shows ripe flavors of pineapple, honey and truffle, almost as if there's some botrytis–but there's not. It's bone-dry, yet there's a tender middle to this light-bodied wine. Expect iodine, giving a salty-like-the-sea impression. The 2017 is ready to enjoy now."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2028
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2017 vintage in the press:
Rebecca Gibb (Vinous July 2024) : 93/100 "The golden-hued 2017 Saumur blanc L'Échelier shows ripe flavors of pineapple, honey and truffle, almost as if there's some botrytis–but there's not. It's bone-dry, yet there's a tender middle to this light-bodied wine. Expect iodine, giving a salty-like-the-sea impression. The 2017 is ready to enjoy now."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2028
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2016 vintage in the press:
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024) : 92/100 "Like a good aged Riesling, the 2016 Saumur blanc L'Échelier offers up toast, marmalade, honey and is there the slightest hint of petrol here? A bit less evolved on the palate then on the nose, ot gives off a charming citrus freshness, but I'd love a little more depth."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2019-2028
- Potential alcohol:
- 12.5%
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 96/100 “Dynamic and brilliant, Clos Romans instills phenomenal velvetiness and energy.”
Vinous (Rebecca Gibb) : 94/100 "The 2022 Saumur blanc Clos Romans is focused, concentrated and powerful, displaying floral, pear and melon aromas. It's a structured style, creating a picture frame within which the wine sits. Intriguing with long, apple-infused length, this wine has an identity and is proud of it."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2029-2041
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (J. Cukierman - April 2024): 96-97/100 “A dry and straight wine, but very charming in its aromatic palette with fresh almond and lemon bergamot [...] It offers great tension, a very pure structure and takes us into its marine and iodized universe”.
La Revue du Vin de France (A. Goujard - April 2024): 95/100 “It evokes fresh almond and pineapple. Invigorating aromatic vitality. Chiseled substance on the palate, a magnificent flowing, intense texture. The fatness builds slowly to an extremely salivating finish. Luminous !”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2039
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2035
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (R. Gibb - July 2024): 92/100 “The 2022 Terres Chaudes offers silky substance and something to get your teeth into despite its elegance and finesse. As ever, there's pure fruit, harmony and bite. A firmness to the tannins appears right at the end, lending structure that gives the wine frame."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2034
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The 2021 vintage in the press:
Vinous (R. Gibb - December 2023): 89/100 “The 2021 Terres Chaudes is a highly aromatic, light-bodied style although there is a touch of juiciness through the mid-palate. True to its vintage, there's no doubting the refreshing acidity and the touch of herbal in the flavor profile. The tannins are well handled, and the fruit is pure and adulterated, as well as lightly spiced."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2032
- Organic certification:
- 2004
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This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2030
- Organic certification:
- 2004