Savennières Le Clos du Parc

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In the glass

Aroma: white peach, yellow apple, honey, stone

Palate: citrus, stone fruit, creamy lees, chalky finish

Single-vineyard Savennières from Le Clos du Parc, a walled plot on schist. Riper face of FL's Savennières range, with stone-fruit depth and chalky lift.

What it pairs with

• Roast turbot with hollandaise Firm-fleshed fish and rich emulsion need the wine's textural weight and lifted finish.More wines for fish →
• Veal blanquette Cream-based veal stew meets the wine's lees creaminess and stone-fruit depth.More wines for beef and red meat →
• Lobster ravioli with sage butter Sage's earthy lift partners the wine's chalky finish; lobster sweetness meets stone fruit.More wines for lobster →
• Aged Comté Hazelnut crystallisation in 24+ month Comté finds the wine's lees creaminess and stone fruit.More wines for aged hard cheese →

With cheese

Pouligny-Saint-Pierre Our pick The white Pouligny-Saint-Pierre is tangy with dried-fruit flavours. A dry Chenin from Anjou or Saumur, raised in tank, amphora or mostly older oak, has the acidity to match the tang and enough weight to stand beside the dense, creamy paste.

History

Le Clos du Parc is a walled-vineyard parcel on schist within the Savennières AOC, biodynamically farmed by Domaine FL.

1. 2010Single-vineyard Le Clos du Parc bottling established

Facts

Producer

Domaine FL (Fournier-Longchamps) · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Savennières AOC

Oak

Fermented in 400-litre oak barrels, mostly older, around 15 months on fine lees

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 35 to 55 at retail

Drinking window

5-20 from vintage

First vintage

2010

Biodynamic

Biodynamic Practicing

Organic

ECOCERT

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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