Domaine Francois Chidaine, Vouvray Les Argiles Sec, 2024 so070825 NorthernRhoneOffer and anyone chasing the rare

and anyone chasing the rare and the real

meant to be savored

lifted expression than the bigger years

bone-dry face of a cult Saar grower

offering an accessible yet nuanced expression of this classic varietal

Domaine Francois Chidaine, Vouvray Les Argiles Sec, 2024 so070825 NorthernRhoneOffer and anyone chasing the rareDry Chenin Blanc from one of the Loire's biodynamic pioneers. Francois Chidaine took over his father's vines in 1989, farming organically from the early 1990s and converting to biodynamics in 1999 far ahead of the trend. Les Argiles comes from 40 year old vines on clay soils in Vouvray. Whole bunch pressed into steel, wild yeast fermentation that can take up to six months, aged 8 months on lees in large demi muid barrels, bottled unfiltered and dry,