Montlouis Brut Nature 2021
AC, François Chidaine, 750 ml
| Grape variety: | Chenin Blanc |
| Producer: | François Chidaine |
| Origin: | France / Loire / Touraine |
Description
The essence of freshness and elegance
❯ Montlouis Brut Nature is an exceptional sparkling wine from the Loire that reflects the masterful craftsmanship of François Chidaine. Chidaine combines tradition and innovation, favours biodynamics and cultivates a deep connection to his terroir.
❯ Made from 100% Chenin Blanc and produced using traditional bottle fermentation, this Brut Nature delights with a wonderful freshness in the glass. Flavours of white flowers and fresh citrus notes unfold on the palate, enveloped by an elegant mousse and minerality. Montlouis Brut Nature has a clear, dry structure that emphasises its fresh, lively character.
❯ A perfect accompaniment to aperitifs, salmon tartare, sushi, sashimi and seafood.
Attributes
| Origin: | France / Loire / Touraine |
| Grape variety: | Chenin Blanc |
| Ripening potential: | 2 to 15 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 10 to 12 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Sushi, Sashimi, Ceviche, Coquilles Saint Jacques on lentils |
| Vinification: | soft pressing |
| Harvest: | hand-picking with simultaneous grape sel |
| Maturation: | long cultivation, on the yeast, bâtonnage |
| Maturation duration: | 12 months |
| Volume: | 12.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Chenin Blanc
Small area, great variety
The Chenin blanc now grows on just one percent of French vineyards. But its wines are immensely diverse. The homeland of this grape is the Loire Valley. There it muscles into the light-footed frothers of Saumur and Vouvray. The vintners of Bonnezeaux and Quarts-de-Chaume process them into beguilingly sweet wines. And in Savennières it yields dry whites with mineral cores and great aging potential. They smell of apple, honey and fresh straw, and show great body and a stimulating acidity. The world's largest area of Chenin blanc is in South Africa, where it landed in the mid-17th century with Dutch traders. The most exciting wines result from old vines drawn from traditional bush forms.
Loire
Loire: the regal wine river
The French refer to the river landscape of the Loire simply as “the garden of France.” It is no wonder that kings and the nobility built their magnificent chateaux here. At the same time, the Loire is a highly varied wine river. From Pouilly-sur-Loire in the east, to Nantes at the river’s outlet, into the Atlantic, the vineyards follow the river's course and yield highly distinctive wines from varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Muscadet and the red Cabernet Franc..
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
