Francois Chidaine Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Francois Chidaine 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

they use almost no temperature control

'Ageno' is the only dry white wine of the estate

The results are astounding

Lightwell Survey and Midland

brooding layers of serious

the acid is mouth watering

Upon first opening this wine I was greeted with the familiar aroma of pop-rocks as a sense memory

The finished wine was bottled without fining or filtration

It’s an elegant and serious Barbera begging to be enjoyed with beef stew on a cold New York night

the best sparkling winemakers in Spain have abandoned the Cava DO because of its dominance by just two large industrial producers

balsamic dressing

with biodynamic practices as well as permaculture