Champ Chenin

In the glass

Aroma: quince, honeysuckle, wet stone, yellow apple

Palate: pear, saline mineral, beeswax, lemon zest

Dry Chenin Blanc from limestone parcels at Savigny-en-Veron. Quince and honeysuckle on the nose, with the typical Loire Chenin balance of orchard fruit, beeswax and saline mineral length.

What it pairs with

• Quenelles de brochet with sauce Nantua
  Loire pike dumplings and Chenin Blanc are a regional cornerstone.
• Crottin de Chavignol
  Aged goat cheese and dry Chenin's wax-and-mineral register are textbook.
• Roast chicken with tarragon
  Herbal poultry meets the wine's honeysuckle lift.

History

Chinon's small white production comes from old Chenin Blanc parcels like Champ Chenin. Raffault has bottled this cuvee since the early 1960s.

1. 1960: Champ Chenin established as a white-cuvee bottling

Facts

Producer

Domaine Olga Raffault · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Chinon AOC

Oak

8 to 10 months in old oak demi-muids, no new oak

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 18 to 28 at retail

Drinking window

3 to 12 from vintage

First vintage

1960

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