Vigneau Chevreau Vouvray Silex 2023 75ml

Name: Vigneau Chevreau Vouvray Silex 2023 75ml
Price: 38.00 USD
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$38.00

Domaine Vigneau-Chevreau has farmed Vouvray since 1875 and has been certified biodynamic since 1999, early adopters in the Loire. Silex is their dry Chenin Blanc from vines pushing 40 years old on flint-strewn soils, which is exactly what silex means. Fermented cool, mostly in stainless steel with a small portion in barrel for texture. This is the Vouvray for people who think Vouvray is always sweet. It is not. Stony, honeyed at the edges, bone dry.

Honeycomb, lemon curd, chamomile, ginger and sea salt. Full-bodied with a leesy texture, orange and tangerine through the middle, then a clean snap of acidity and flinty minerality.

Goat cheese, roast pork with apples, seared scallops, cauliflower gratin.

Family estate since 1875. The late Jean-Michel Vigneau steered the domaine organic in the early 1990s and earned biodynamic certification in 1999. Silex comes from flinty soils, fermented cool in tank with a small share matured in barrel.