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To complement the terrific American Chenin Blanc Eric Asimov recently highlighted in the NYT, we selected two classics that we happen to love from the Loire Valley.
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Happy to Offer ~ In stock, ready to ship
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2025 Chateau du Petit Thouars les Plantes Chinon Chenin Blanc $168 six-bottle-case
A small-production wine of just 4,000 bottles per year, it spends six months aging in stainless steel and it offers a profile with fruits more citrus-leaning and a breezy yet bright texture.
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The Chateau du Petit Thouars has an extraordinarily long and rich history. Built in the early 1500s as a sort of "low-key hunting lodge" (an amusing notion, given the house's immensity and grandeur) for a wealthy family from the town of Thouars (hence the name "Petit Thouars"), the 150-hectare estate is run today by Sebastien du Petit Thouars, the twelfth generation to dwell here since his ancestor George purchased the property in 1636. George was a diplomat for the famous Cardinal Richelieu, and the generations who followed him managed to survive several centuries of remarkably turbulent French history; one of Sebastien's forebears even fled the French Revolution and fought in the American Revolution.
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2024 Francois Plouzeau Garreliere 'Le P'tit Ch'nin' Touraine $168 six-bottle-case
Dry, minimal intervention Chenin from Touraine. Minerally, with flavors of lemon curd, green apple and wet stone. Lengthy, delicate finish.
Located near the small town of Richelieu, in the most Southern part of the AOC Touraine, lies Domaine de la Garrelière. The town was renowned in the 1600s (During Cardinal Richelieu’s heyday in the 1630s, the town did indeed supply his court with wine) but phylloxera wiped out production in the late 19th century.
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The Plouzeau family acquired the estate in 1973 and replanted vines. Pascale and Francois took over in 1985 and fully converted the now 50 acres to biodynamic farming. They are certified AB.
Francois likes to pick ripe and often harvests (by hand) in October and has the lightest touch with Sulphur. His terroir is mostly clay and limestone terroirs mixed with sandy soils and rocks. The unique labels produced by local artists that reflect the naming of the wine.
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