Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 pascal-reverdy fennel & grapefruit

fennel & grapefruit

of the Jerez region

the richness reflecting the warmer year

Coming from Chablis finest 1er Cru vineyard (just next to Grand Cru Blanchots) the wine displays superb pedigree and harmony

The first release is a half-and-half blend of 2020 and 2019

Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 pascal-reverdy fennel & grapefruitChidaines juicy, full flavoured dry ros is predominantly Grolleau (70%), with the remainder Pinot Noir and Gamay. As with the Sauvignon above, the vines are rooted in the flint, clay and limestone soils of the Cher Valley between Tours and Orlans. Chidaine has little interest in copying the pale (or pallid?) Ctes de Provence model, so here the grapes are picked ripe and undergo a fair measure of skin contact before pressing and aging on lees in