Château de Coulaine - Chinon white - Sinople 2023

Sinople du Château de Coulaine is a superb Loire white. Its nose is expressive with notes of white and exotic fruits. The finish is balanced, greedy and slightly chalky. A fine white wine for gastronomy. Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 89/100Situated on the illustrious Véron terroir already sung by Rabelais, the chateau de Coulaine is a very old family estate whose winegrowing tradition has never been interrupted since 13.From time immemorial, vines have enjoyed sinking their roots into the land that surrounds the chateau de Coulaine , rebuilt in the 15th century.In 1988, Étienne de Bonnaventure undertook the expansion of the chateau de Coulaine vineyard, which today comprises twelve hectares, farmed organically.The guidebooks speak even better than we doThe property has been in the Bonnaventure family since the Middle Ages.(...) Today, Château de Coulaine produces a brilliant range of organic Chinons that combine fresh fruit and textural elegance. Vintages do not erase the expression of terroir. Since January 217, Jean, Etienne and Pascele's son, has been at the helm of the estate." The Château de Coulaine has a number of cuvées worthy of note.The first, called Château de Coulaine, is already an excellent wine. Cuvée Les Picasses is very explosive, broad and fruity: it plays on the gourmet register.Clos de Turpenay is another cuvée from Château de Coulaine. A finer wine, with notes of spices (pepper and cloves). La Diablesse is the most virile and animal of all cuvées from château de Coulaine. The Château de Coulaine also produces some excellent whites: pieds rotis, a fruity and exotic 1% chenin white, with a few grams of residual sugar in some vintages. The Chinon from Château de Coulaine is superb: long, complex, fat, it's a superb organic gourmet wine.