Alain & Christophe le Capitaine, Chenin Blanc, Vouvray Les Perrières, Loire Valley, France 2023 walk-around just outside a town whose

just outside a town whose name begins with Châteauneuf and whose vineyards are littered with the Rhône’s most quintessential terroir feature: the rounded river stones called galets roulés

Cornas is awaking from a long slumber

and do not undergo malolactic fermentation

this ferments naturally in buried Georgian amphorae with a long maceration

Alain & Christophe le Capitaine, Chenin Blanc, Vouvray Les Perrières, Loire Valley, France 2023 walk-around just outside a town whose100% Chenin Blanc Notes of acacia complemented by apple and pear, with a very citrusy freshness of grapefruit and lemon. Slightly round texture. Presence of pears, peaches and pineapple with an apple cider and more grapefruit, revealing a nice acidity. Pair with oysters, Spanish chorizo, salmon carpaccio, seafood gratin.