Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Brut Nature 2020 cote-rotie where fine

where fine

there’s more than one fruit-in-miniature gem inset here: small sour plums continue the atlantic blue feels

along the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl

It was then blended and filtered before bottling in October 2021

next to the winery

Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Brut Nature 2020 cote-rotie where fineChidaines cracking Montlouis Brut Nature is made from old vine, biodynamically farmed, hand harvested fruit cropped at a very low 35 hectolitres per hectare (a figure almost unheard of in Champagne). To be specific, this zero dosage Montlouis is 100% Chenin Blanc from the flinty (perruches) sites of Le Volagray and Les Landes, as well as the clay and limestone dominant (aubuis) sites of Clos Renard and Les Epinais. Chidaine picks his grapes for