Pascal and Beatrice Lambert grow Cabernet Franc that epitomizes great Chinon: structured wines that develop both in the glass and in the bottle. The biodynamic domain has been farmed sustainably since the Lamberts purchased the property in 1987 from Pascal’s family and began building the winery and their house by hand while living in a [...]
Chenin Blanc from Chinon is a rare indeed. From the vines just behind their home the Lamberts make this layered dry, and beautiful wine that can breathe for a while in the glass or live in a cellar for a good handful of years more.
Two words on what to eat with this wine: Roast Chicken. Information and tasting notes from the winemaker: Vignoble : – Age des vignes : de 10 à 50 ans, – Terroir : graveleux et argile à silex, – Situation : Cravant-les-Coteaux et Chinon, – Culture : agriculture biologique certifiée Ecocert AB, culture biodynamique. Cépage [...]
Cabernet Franc from the Loire Valley is wonderful. It can be light and easy with no pretensions or it can take its place in the halls of the great wines of France that age gracefully and seduce with their complexity. We wholeheartedly disagree with every critic (and there are many) who ever dismissed Chinon as [...]
Les Motelles and Les Arboises offer a look at the heights attained by Cab Franc in the Loire Valley. Lighter and more supple in tannin, Les Motelles will likely offer diners more immediate pleasure that Les Arboises which benefits from a decanter, and from comparisons to high end Bordeaux that cost three times as much. [...]
Les Motelles and Les Arboises offer a look at the heights attained by Cab Franc in the Loire Valley. Lighter and more supple in tannin, Les Motelles will likely offer diners more immediate pleasure that Les Arboises which benefits from a decanter, and from comparisons to high end Bordeaux that cost three times as much. [...]
Information and tasting notes from the winemaker: Le cru, BREZE, se présente comme un vin blanc de grande garde dans lequel la minéralité du Chenin s’exprime parfaitement. Elle est le fruit de l’assemblage de deux parcelles de vieilles vignes de chenin sur sols argilo-calcaires pour une superficie de 1,20 ha sur la commune de Brézé. [...]
Information and tasting notes from the winemaker: Le cru, Clos des Carmes, se présente comme un vin de longue garde. Ce cru historique fut acquis par mon grand père en 1955. Il fait partie des trois clos classés de Brézé, en Très Grands Vins de Saumur par Maurice Edmond Saillant dit Curnonsky. Il est le [...]
Information and tasting notes from the winemaker: Le cru, Clos de Guichaux, se présente comme un vin blanc de garde dans lequel la minéralité du Chenin s’exprime parfaitement. Elle est le fruit d’une jeune vigne de chenin sur sols argilo-calcaires pour une superficie de 1,60 ha sur la commune de Bizay. Ce clos, monopole, a [...]
In less than ten years, Romain Guiberteau has transformed his family’s holdings in Saumur into one of the “ten best estates in the Loire Valley” according to the Revue des Vins de France. Romain’s grandparents had the foresight to purchase southwest facing parcels in the best parts of Saumur. Under Romain’s guidance, the domaine has [...]
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