Domaine François Chidaine - Vin de France - Bouchet 2019

Le Bouchet from Domaine François Chidaine is a soft, mineral white wine that is limpid and brilliant. Delicate nose of dacacia flowers and white fruit. Great finesse on the palate, combining roundness and freshness to balance the finish.François Chidaine is one of the Loire's most ambitious organic wine producers: he took over the family estate in 1989 and gradually converted it to biodynamics (all his vineyards since 1999). The vineyards of the thirty-hectare Domaine François Chidaine are located in Montlouis and Vouvray. More than two-thirds of the vines are over 35 years old. Taking into account the specificity of each parcel, François Chidaine makes his Vouvray and Montlouis wines in more than a dozen cuvées that magnify chenin. Since 2014, François no longer has AOC Vouvray rights for wines made from Vouvray vines, as his vinifications take place in Montlouis, whereas the new AOC specifications require vinifications in Vouvray as an AOC criterion. The wines are identical, but are now classified as Vin de France, for the cuvée les Argiles for example.