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Francois Chidaine, top winemaker in Montlouis
François Chidaine, the pioneer of the great wines of Montlouis-sur-Loire, has come from a family of winemakers for several generations. If he worked for a time on the family farm, he quickly set up his own business in Montlouis sur Loire in 1989, with only a few hectares of vines. Joined by his wife Manuela and Nicolas Martin, François Chidaine has managed to grow and advance for more than 25 years to achieve the supreme distinction: a third (and ultimate!) Star in the 2017 edition of the prestigious RVF guide to the best wines of France.
This exceptional winemaker claims his peasant heritage, transmitted by relatives close to nature. Respect for the land is at the heart of his concerns, and it is for this reason that he starts his work in Montlouis-sur-Loire under the label Bio, and then move on to biodynamics since 1999.
For this enthusiast, biodynamics is a global approach, it is to use the living to give the best of the plant. Play on balances, interactions, the microbial life of the soil ... it sows fabaceae between its vines to regulate nitrogen, useful to the balance of the plant, but also in the fermentation process of the wines.
Montlouis-sur-Loire is above all Chenin, a varietal not very widespread in the world, which reigns supreme over the thirty hectares of the estate shared between Montlouis and Vouvray. If it is in South Africa that it is the most present, it is, according to François Chidaine, in the valley of the Loire that it best expresses the terroir. Its vines are relatively young but they already print the peculiarities of its land, each single vineyard of which is treated separately.
Until recently, François Chidaine (just like Jacky Blot, another great winemaker of Montlouis, followed by Xavier Weisskopf), vinified 10 hectares of vines under the name Vouvray. Unfortunately, the union of Vouvray has deprived them of the right to print it on their labels because of the vinification of the wines in their cellars of Montlouis, two kilometers away, on the other bank of the Loire.
The two winemakers still produce some of the best Vouvray, but under the name Vin de France, as the famous Clos Baudouin for example.
Robert Parker's wine advocate : There is I think no place on earth outside of the Loire where you can enjoy this kind of mind-boggling wine value.
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The Vouvray from François Chidaine, which no longer holds the appellation as it is vinified in Montlouis, just a few hundred meters away, but on the other side of the Loire. Nevertheless, it remains one of the most sought-after wines from François Chidaine, and the vines in question have not moved!
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94/100 Castaing/Parker. A very beautiful parcel selection, the archetype of a great chenin from the Loire that can be kept for many years in a good cellar. 93/100 RVF
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Discover the freshness of the tender whites from Montlouis, the richness of the sweet or luscious wines from the southwest... without ever any heaviness. Why? Because these are crafted by the best winemakers in their region, who know better than anyone how to offer perfectly balanced wines.
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The atypical parcel (clay-limestone without flint) of François Chidaine... highly sought after for its extreme finesse. Even better after a few years of patience. For more concentration, prefer "Les Argiles"!
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92/100 RVF. Delicious cuvée Brut Nature non dosée, in AOP Montlouis-sur-Loire. Many champagnes cannot compare to it, but fortunately, it's impossible to compare chenin with chardonnay/pinot!
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91+/100 Castaing/Parker. Delicious cuvée Brut Nature non dosée, in AOP Montlouis-sur-Loire. Many champagnes cannot compare to it, but fortunately, it's impossible to compare chenin with chardonnay/pinot!
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Illustre Clos (with a capital C, surrounded by beautiful walls :-) located in the Vouvray Appellation. It no longer benefits from the appellation due to a darkly administrative story very French. No matter, the vines haven't moved and the wine has never been better!
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The atypical parcel (clay-limestone without flint) of François Chidaine... highly sought after for its extreme finesse. Even better after a few years of patience. For more concentration, prefer "Les Argiles"! 95/100 RVF!
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Superb aging chenin crafted (from sometimes century-old vines) by the undisputed "master" of chenin in Montlouis-sur-Loire, in a very nice vintage to drink or to keep.
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94/100 RVF. 95/100 Castaing/Parker. A magnificent cuvée, certainly sweet and round as one expects from a chenin moelleux, but remains very digestible, with a rare liveliness. In our opinion, much more interesting than a Sauternes. A delight paired with foie gras, blue-veined cheeses, desserts in general, and chocolate in particular, and of course, as an...
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92/100 RVF. A very fine semi-dry chenin, more about elegance than power, named after its subsoil. 12g/l of residual sugars, barely perceptible given the freshness!
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A cuvée kept confidential due to the 2016 vintage marked by frost. 94/100 RVF : A very fine wine that will reconcile those who do not like residual sugars
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Superb aging chenin made (from sometimes centenary vines) by the undisputed "master" of chenin in Montlouis-sur-Loire, in a very nice vintage to drink or to keep. 90/100 RVF.
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