Les Onglés

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In the glass

Aroma: white fruit, white flower, stone, spice

Palate: citrus, saline texture, stone fruit, creamy lees

Cult Anjou Chenin from 2 hectares of 30-year-old vines on schist and limestone. Delicate white fruit, clean mineral attack and pure gourmet fruit with saline chewiness.

What it pairs with

• Sole meunière Buttery white fish meets the wine's chalk and saline texture from lees ageing.More wines for fish →
• Roast turbot Firm-fleshed fish meets the wine's stone-fruit depth; lees creaminess handles butter sauce.More wines for fish →
• Pithiviers de chevre Goat-cheese pastry from the Loire echoes the wine's lactic-mineral interplay.More wines for goat cheese →
• Aged Sainte-Maure de Touraine Ashed Loire goat cheese with chalky Chenin; the wine's saline edge echoes the rind.More wines for goat 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

Les Onglés comes from a 2-hectare parcel of 30-year-old vines on schist and limestone, facing southwest. The cuvée is aged 12 months on lees in barrels and expresses saline chewiness with intense freshness.

1. 2008First vintage of Les Onglés bottled

Facts

Producer

Domaine Stéphane Bernaudeau · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Vin de France

Oak

Fermented and aged on fine lees in older oak barrels around 12 months, no new oak

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 200 to 500 at retail

Drinking window

3-18 from vintage

First vintage

2008

Biodynamic

Biodynamic Practicing

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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