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The cuvée Les Fevettes du Château du Hureau is made from the estate's oldest vines. This Saumur-Champigny is built for ageing: it develops notes of black and red fruits, undergrowth and mushrooms. Superb substance resting on velvety tannins.

Becare du domaine de la Grange Tiphaine is a cabernet franc that finds in flint an ally towards maturity; it offers facets far removed from the vegetal and surprises us with its gourmandise, generosity and drinkability.

Les Petites Aubues is a Pouilly-Fumé made from Sauvignon grapes. This organic wine is greedy, fruity, with a beautiful freshness. It's a versatile, mineral wine, accessible on youth.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 88/100

Grown from the estate's young vines, Petit F du domaine Michel Redde is a gourmet, aromatic Pouilly-Fumé. This organic wine with good acidity develops on notes of exotic fruit. Mineral finish.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 88/100

Le Clocher du domaine Bonnigal-Bonnet possesses a real gourmand quality in this 2023 vintage: the typical chenin nose develops on citrus fruits and orange peel. The palate is ample and mineral, resting on precise, pure fruit.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024: 89/100 (mill 2022)

The Clos de Beauce du domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is a superb, gourmet organic wine from Touraine. Fresh and rich, this expressive wine features notes of tangerine, white fruit and exotic fruit. On the palate, it's unctuous but with a lovely mineral finish. Superb

The color of Ancestrale deVincent Careme is bright, light gold. The attack is supple, the bubbles fine and the minerality beautiful. Notes of white flowers and apple blossom. Lots of elegance in this wine and good persistence on the palate.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024 : 90/100

Les Picasses 2022 is a superb Chinon produced by Château de Coulaine. It develops on fruity notes, a beautiful explosiveness and a lot of freshness . A superb Chinon.

A Menetou-Salon rouge du domaine Philippe Gilbert very well-balanced, all elegance. This organic red wine reveals subtle aromas of red fruit, such as cherry and raspberry, mingled with lightly spicy notes and a touch of undergrowth. On the palate, Menetou-Salon Rouge is supple and elegant, with fine tannins and good length.

RVF : 89/100

The cuvée les Millerands du domaine Sérol is made from 50-90 year-old vines planted on granite soil. Deep smoky nuances develop magically in this deliciously intense cuvée. A lovely gourmet wine.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 91/100

La cuvée Migmatique est issu de gamay sur un terroir argilo gratinitique. Il en résulte un vin d'un soyeux rarement égalé. La bouche est pleine, se développant sur un coktail de fruits mûrs très authentiques avec une pointe de tabac blond.

In a superb 2023 vintage, château Yvonne has produced a superb cuvée La Folie. The wine is rich, with very intense fruit. As always with this cuvée, we recommend decanting 2 hours before tasting, or storing for 3 to 5 years in a temperature-stable, high-hygrometry cellar.

This white from Sancerre du Domaine du Pré Semelé is a charming, gourmet white. It has a thiolate nose, with notes of citrus and yellow fruit. The palate is full-bodied, mineral and fruity. A lovely, gourmet Sancerre!

Les Fours à Chaux du Château Du Hureau is a magnificent parcel of land. Year after year, the Vatan family offers fabulous Cabernets, combining fruit intensity and complexity. This great Loire and gastronomic wine is a fine example of this!

A magnificent natural Chinon—elegant, precise, and easy to drink. A major success for the estate! The Cabernet Franc we love!

The Perdriziere du domaine Sérol is the estate's grand cuvée. Both powerful and refined, it's the estate's benchmark cuvée. A real favorite!Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2021 : 93/100

The Closiers cuvée from Domaine des Closiers is fresh and elegant in this successful 2021 vintage: a gourmet and supple Loire wine, easy to marry, to drink over 5 to 7 years.

Les Tuffeaux du Domaine François Chidaine is a great Loire demi-sec. This well-balanced organic wine features notes of white and yellow fruits. The residual sugar gives the wine roundness without weighing it down. Try it with foie gras or apricot tagine! Guide des meilleurs vin de France 2023 : 91/100

The cuvée Les Tonnes Barils du domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is a superb chenin. An organic white wine that develops on notes of ripe fruit,a beautiful aromatic complexity from the ageing and an elegant bitterness on the finish.

Fondis du Clos des Quarterons is an exceptional Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil. Intense, powerful and racy, it combines finesse and complexity, power and greed in this lovely 2021 vintage. A high-flying cuvée.

This Pouilly-Fumé Les Champs des Chaumes develops expressive white fruit and citrus notes on the nose. On the palate, this organic wine is balanced, endowed with lovely freshness and fruit (white peaches, apricots); nice mineral finish!

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 92/100

The Saponaire du domaine Ogereau has a nose of ripe white fruits and floral notes. On the palate, this Savennières has a fine, airy texture thanks to the sandy terroirs.

Remus 2025 is a full-bodied dry Montlouis from the Domaine de la Taille aux Loups — "a superb example of balance, with a clean attack, rich on the palate, and a multitude of sensations of freshness, bitterness, and fullness. It’s a great Chenin.”

The color is a brilliant pale gold. The nose is delicate with notes of pear, lime, and quince, pronounced minerality, and a light touch of verbena and ginger. The palate is full-bodied and creamy; a decidedly dry Chenin with tension throughout the tasting and a long, briny finish. Serve at 11–12 °C.

100% organic Chenin Blanc, 50–80-year-old vines, Montlouis clay-limestone soil, yield 20 hl/ha. Slow fermentation with native yeasts in barrels, aged for 1 year.

5★/5 Bettane+Desseauve. Aging potential: 2027–2037.

Source blanc des Jardins de Fleury is a very successful natural chenin: straightforward, gourmand, slightly spicy this natural wine is a fine food wine

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