Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Choisilles Sec 2023 CS20231026 A remarkable achievement in craft

A remarkable achievement in craft liqueur production and fruit preservation

giving texture and depth you don't usually find at this price point

The 2006 vintage showcases the vineyard's raw power—black licorice

and earthy undertones with a soft

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Choisilles Sec 2023 CS20231026 A remarkable achievement in craftVines have to work for a living here. Les Choisilles sits on clay and flint over tuffeau, the soft chalk the Loire chateaux were carved from, and the roots carve their own paths through the subsoil to find what they need. Francois Chidaine farms it biodynamically and presses gently, and the wine that results is the most precise thing in his dry Montlouis lineup: citrus and white peach, acacia and lily, dense yet somehow fluid, with a savory flesh and