Francois Chidaine Sauvignon Touraine

This is a dry and pleasantly fruity wine with citrus and floral aromas. The palate is refreshing and balanced with citrus, pear and quince flavors. Nicely acidic with mineral undertones. Serve with grilled fish, a shrimp salad with avocado, goat cheeses or simply as a lovely aperitif.

France, Loire: Sauvignon Blanc 

750 mL, 13% ABV

Famous for making some of the finest wines of Montlouis and Vouvray, Francois Chidaine also makes great value wines from organic vineyards in Touraine. The Sauvignon Blanc grapes for this delicious wine are harvested by hand, no chemical products are used in the vines and beneficial flowers and plants grow between the rows. The soils are clay with silex and limestone/clay giving a unique mineral character to the wines. Fermentations are with wild yeasts and the wine is aged on its lees until bottling.

Today, Chidaine embraces “regnerative agriculture”, a no-till farming approach where permanent cover crops of indigenous and sown plants coexist with the vines. By mimicking nature, the vines find their place in a complex ecosystem, allowing them to better express their place of origin. Additionally, by building soil, François improves the rate at which CO2 is removed from the atmosphere and converted into plant material and soil organic matter.