Clos Habert 2019 - François Chidaine

Clos Habert 2019 - François Chidaine

Montlouis sur Loire 

 Sweetness scale: Tender

93+/100 Parker

Cellaring : 2029 - 2050

Tasting by Stephan Reinhardt on August 5, 2021 : "From a soil composed of clay and coarse flint elements overlying the tuff subsoil, the Montlouis sur Loire Clos Habert 2019 opens with a very fine and delicate bouquet of finely concentrated yellow-fleshed fruit aromas accompanied by herbaceous and flinty notes. Round and intense, with perfectly ripe fruit, fine tannins and delicate acidity, this is an enduringly intense and saline Chenin that is far too young to serve today but will age for a few decades. Tasted in March 2021."

GRAPE TYPE: 100% Chenin Blanc PARCEL: 3 hectares

ALCOHOLIC DEGREE: 13%

RESIDUAL SUGARS: 11.9 g/L

BOTTLE UP: August 2020 TOTAL

ACIDITY: 4.26 g/L

SOILS: Flinty clay; subsoil made up of Tuffeau (soft, white limestone through which the roots create a passage)

HARVESTING: By hand with successive sorting

GROWING METHOD: The vineyard is managed in Biodynamics. No chemical plant protection products are used in the vineyard. The soils are grassed, melliferous and nematicidal plants are sown in the rows. The preparations used come only from transformed vegetable, animal and mineral materials. The qualities and particularities of each terroir are thus respected. The challenge is to find a balance and create harmonious living conditions between the soil, the plant and the environment in order to obtain a quality wine.

VINIFICATION: After pressing in a pneumatic press, the alcoholic fermentation is carried out by indigenous yeasts in demi-muids, wooden rooms with a capacity of 600 litres. It can last up to six months.

TASTING : Beautiful pale gold colour for this soft white wine. The nose has notes of white fruits which gradually reveal honeyed aromas. On the palate, we enjoy a nice balance between an elegant freshness and a fleshy fruitiness.

AGING POTENTIAL: 15 to 20 years

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