Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2024 071126OFFER floral influencesMarvellously rounded over 23

floral influencesMarvellously rounded over 23 years

Rose petals and geranium meld with raspberry leaf tea

also goes well with summer salads

though it is already hard to put down

Now run by son Théo

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2024 071126OFFER floral influencesMarvellously rounded over 23Ask what Chenin Blanc can do and the honest answer is: everything dry, sweet, sparkling, it excels at all three. Francois Chidaine has spent a career arguing that Montlouis, the quieter appellation across the Loire from Vouvray, deserves the same respect, and Les Bournais is his strongest evidence. Clay limestone soils at Husseau in Montlouis sur Loire, biodynamic farming, five to six months on fine lees in demi muids. It's the exotic bottle in his