Chenin Blanc

Question 1

Anjou ‘La Varenne du Poirier’, Domaine Les Grandes Vignes

Answer 1

Biodynamic Viticulture
White flowers, lemon peel and green apple
Crisp acidity

Question 2

Savennières Sec ‘Jalousie’, Domaine du Close

Answer 2

Produced from younger vines
Floral & citrus notes with excellent acidity and minerality

Question 3

Savennières ‘Les Vieux Clos’, Famille Joly

Answer 3

Biodynamic Viticulture, small yields

Great Aromatics. Notes of ginger and candied pear with an accent of salinity.

Question 4

Savennières ‘Clos de la Hutte’, Thibaud Boudignon

Answer 4

Intensely aromatic, clean and vibrant. 15% new oak

Question 5

Savennières ‘Clos du Papillon’, Domaine du Closel

Answer 5

Le Clos du Papillon is harvested in two selections : The first selection during the « Fresh Fruit aroma » period and the second one later with some botrytis during the « cooked fruit, quince and smoked aromas » period. Both selections are put in barrels and blended 16 months later. The wine then remains a few months in vats. This assemblage of the two styles of grapes results in a full bodied wine, with a citrus finish on very first attack, followed by sensations of ripe and exotic fruit with a very distinguished touch of bitterness or toasted almonds on the finish

Question 6

Quarts de Chaume, Domaine des Baumard

Answer 6

Intensely floral, with ripe citrus, pear and other orchard fruits

Question 7

‘Two Creeks Farm’, Gail Wines (Sonoma Valley, California)

Answer 7

Organically farmed

bright, juicy wines with lemony streak. Great natural acidity in a loire valley style

Question 8

‘Mt. Pajaro Vineyard’, Rhys (Santa Cruz Mountains, California)

Answer 8

Lots of flinty minerality and tart citrus to go with a concentrated medium to full-bodied palate.

Question 9

Disdit’, Anysbos (Bot River, South Africa)

Answer 9

white blossom, light spice and summery yellow stone fruit.
Fresh & firm

Question 10

Anjou ‘Les Quarts’, Domaine Belargus

Answer 10

Quarts is a south-facing lieu-dit of Quarts de Chaume.
Organic biodynamic viticulture

3.08-hectare plot,

ripe and concentrated stone fruits, lemons, grapefruits, salts and crystalline rocks. full-bodied, intense, . This is reduced power paired with finesse and elegance.

Question 11

Milton Te arai

Answer 11

Biodynamic

Millton’s wines are all single vineyard, single-varietal wines.

With aromas of mango, tropical fruit, lime and green apple there is a mouth watering acidity complimented with a softening sweetness.