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The cuvée Vieilles Vignes du Clos des Quarterons is a beautifully rich Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil. After 1 to 3 hours decanting, this cuvée reveals candied cherry and prune notes. Good length for this cuvée, which can be enjoyed with white meat or a fine cheese.

Les Chiens Chiens du domaine de la Noblaie is a greedy, solar Chinon that develops on notes of red fruits and spices. Beautiful roundness and lovely structure.

Vau Jaumier is one of the great cuvées of the domaine de la Cotelleraie. Its nose develops notes of very ripe red fruits, combined with small hints of menthol.The palate is particularly round and voluptuous (what a beautiful 2022 vintage!), both rich and powerful, it is nonetheless delicate and very elegant.

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This blanc sec du domaine Vincent Careme is a pretty Loire bottle. It develops fruity notes typical of the Chenin grape from which it is made. The length is beautiful and this organic gastronomy wine finishes on this pretty bitters that will enhance the finest dishes.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024 : 89/100

Attractive light yellow color. Expressive nose, dominated by white fruit: apple, pear, peach. Notes of quince and lime blossom. Fresh, light and fruity on the palate. A wine for pleasure.

Chateau du Hureau's Cuvée Argile is a magnificent Chenin from Saumur. This organic Loire wine develops notes of green apple, but also citrus (lime), a touch of honey with a lovely minerality. The palate is both full-bodied and straightforward, a great success!

Gaudry'olle du domaine Vincent Gaudry is a gourmet, accessible sauvignon, all freshness. It develops notes of citrus and flint. A lovely bottle for aperitifs, fish and cheese!

Superb Montlouis Brut signed Jacky Blot from Domaine de la Taille aux Loups than this Brut Tradition! A fine, elegant Brut carried by a fine, airy bubble, leaving the palate fresh and salivating.Bettane & Desseauve: "Here's a gallant wine, to drink in good company, it's elegant, with lots of style"

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Domaine de la Butte's Pied de la Butte is a greedy, fruity Bourgueil. A sensual organic wine with a light structure. A model of the appellation.Guide Bettane et Dessauve 2019 : 15.5/20

The Cuvée Champtoise du domaine Sérol is a 100% chenin white! Produced from young vines, this cuvée features notes of pear, pomelo and flint. A velvety mouthfeel! Drink over 5 years!

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 89/100

L'ile 4 sous is a Saumur-Champigny from Chateau Yvonne more accessible and less structured than the cuvée La Folie. This organic wine delivers immediate pleasure with intense fruity aromas. A pretty bottle to be enjoyed at 18°.

This Vouvray Tendre du domaine Vincent Careme has much less sugar than a classic moelleux. Its balance makes it ideal for foie gras, but also exotic dishes such as tagine or coconut chicken. The color is golden yellow; the nose develops exotic fruits and quince paste; on the palate, the wine has good length and great balance.RVF : 16/20

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Touche Mitaine du Rocher des Violettes is a fresh, mineral Montlouis from the youngest vines at Rocher des Violettes. A nervy Chenin to drink young or cellar for 4-5 years

92/100 : Bettane & Desseauve

The Clos de la Cure du Château de Coulaine is a great white Chinon. Aged in terracotta jars, this Chenin has a soft texture and develops yellow fruit aromas.

Magnificent Menetou-Salon blanc 2023 from domaine Philippe Gilbert, both gourmand and chiseled in this elegant, straightforward vintage. Superb, beautifully mature Sauvignon. This organic white wine seduces with its aromas of fresh fruit (lemon and green apple), combined with delicate floral notes and a marked minerality. On the palate, it's lively and chiselled, with a lovely tension that gives it great freshness.

RVF : 89/100

Métamorphisme du domaine de la Bergerie is a cuvée made from 100% pineau d'aunis. This organic wine is supple and gourmand, developing on notes of red fruit and pepper. Very drinkable!

Métamorphisme du domaine de la Bergerie is a cuvée made from 100% pineau d'aunis. This organic wine is supple and gourmand, developing on notes of red fruit and pepper. Very drinkable!

The Côte de la Houssaye du Domaine Ogereau is a superb Cabernet Sauvignon to be enjoyed over 20 years. This organic wine develops aromas and flavors of great aniseed finesse with intense notes of graphite, humus and undergrowth.

Pierre de Tuf is the emblematic cuvée of the Domaine de la Noblaie, signed Jérôme Billard in Ligré. Organic Cabernet Franc from two historic parcels - flinty clay and clay-limestone - whose vines are over 80 years old. Vinified in a 15th-century tufa stone vat, hand-punched with a wooden pestle, aged 20 months in barrels and amphorae. A silky, deep red Chinon, made for laying down - 3 to 15 years.

Bettane et Dessauve: 92/100

J Robinson: 17.50/20

Wine Enthusiast: 93/100

A magnificent cuvée of old vines, Domaine d'Orfeuilles' Cuvée Silex! A magnificent Vouvray, fragrant, elegant and gourmand. It develops on notes of exotic fruits, peaches. Great length!

A magnificent Chinon for laying down, thisCuvée Pierre de Tuf from Domaine de la Noblaie is intense, structured and beautifully complex.

Nouveau Nez du domaine de la Grange Tiphaine is a natural bubbly, with no tricks, just the sugars in the grapes. This original sparkling wine, in the Montlouis-sur-Loire appellation, is the purest expression of its origins.