Vouvray Le Clos

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In the glass

Aroma: green apple, Fuji pear, honeysuckle, white blossom

Palate: lemon citrus, creamy lees, chalk, stone fruit

Old-vine Chenin from a single clay-limestone parcel. Fresh and bright with lively persistent acidity; barrel and foudre raise give the wine textural complexity.

What it pairs with

• Sole bonne femme Mushroom-shallot cream sauce meets the wine's lees creaminess and chalk minerality.More wines for fish →
• Roast chicken with tarragon Anise note bridges to Chenin's honeysuckle; barrel weight handles roasting jus.More wines for chicken and white meat →
• Aged Comté Hazelnut crystallisation in 24+ month Comté finds the wine's creamy lees and stone fruit.More wines for aged hard cheese →
• Lobster ravioli Shellfish sweetness meets the wine's barrel weight and saline-mineral lift.More wines for lobster →

With cheese

Sainte-Maure de Touraine Our pick The consortium suggests a Chenin or Sauvignon from Touraine for this cheese. A dry Touraine Chenin, raised in tank or older oak, has the high acidity and citrus or orchard fruit to cut through a creamy, tangy log.

History

Le Clos is Carême's flagship single-vineyard Vouvray. The cuvée combines barrel-fermentation depth with the foudre rest typical of the Loire's old-school Chenin tradition.

1. 2005Le Clos single-vineyard bottling established

Facts

Producer

Domaine Vincent Carême · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Vouvray AOC

Oak

Spontaneous fermentation in 400-litre French oak barrels for 9 months, then 3 months in foudres

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 35 to 55 at retail

Drinking window

3-15 from vintage

First vintage

2005

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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