Chateau de Plaisance Anjou Blanc l'Anjou Blanc 2023 Color:White where the specific soil and

where the specific soil and aspect of the vineyard makes for Chenin Blanc with heretofore unplumbed depth and acidity like the heart of a dying star

It feels like a paradox that Basque culture – and therefore the wines the Basques make – is so vivid

The palate is salty and lemony and pure and fresh

superior Verdicchio always pumps iron

and today Matt’s wines are made with about the same level of fanfare as the annual filbert crop had in the early 1900s

Chateau de Plaisance Anjou Blanc l'Anjou Blanc 2023 Color:White where the specific soil andThe 2023 vintage of Vanessa Cherruau's incredible Chenin Blanc from Chateau de Plaisance is arriving in just a few weeks. I've included a more detailed story of the winery below if you want to get into the weeds, but the very short story is this. Vanessa Cherruau took over a vineyard in the Quarts de Chaume of Anjou historically a center for botrytis infused sweet chenin and began making intensely concentrated dry wines on the hill, where the specific