2022 Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups "Clos du Hochet" Montlouis-sur-Loire
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Review Date: 05/2024The 2022 Montlouis-sur-Loire Clos du Hochet hails from a vineyard with a very shallow clay-flint topsoil over chalk that tends to lose the sun early. The resulting wine is lithe in style with a firm citrus line. However, it has mid-palate weight and concentration that counters that linearity. Talc, white flowers, pastry and citrus flavors combine on the long, athletic finish. (RG)
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Review Date: 10/2024
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Jacky Blot discovered wine as a junior pâtissier while working at a restaurant in Paris in his younger days. Deciding to follow the winemaking track in life, he ultimately came to acquire the Domaine la Taille aux Loups in Montlouis sur Loire, some twenty years ago, and then added the Domaine de la Butte in Bourgueil to his portfolio. The two estates both reside along the Loire and perhaps do not have the same notoriety as their kissing cousins, Vouvray and Chinon. But what Jacky does is extremely special and his wines rival the quality levels of many of the region's more famous top producers. The Clos du Hochet is 100% Chenin Blanc from the former holdings of the legendary, but now deceased Stephane Cossais. His were some of the cultiest wines of their day. All the vines are 40+ years of age planted over limestone soils with very little topsoil. All fermentation is with native yeasts, is done in barrel (20% new, the rest between 1 and 4 years) and there in no malolactic fermentation.
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Origin: Loire, France
Type/Varietal: Chenin Blanc
SKU: #1771767