Description
François Chidaine’s Bouchet cuvée is a delicate (semi-dry) Vouvray, even though the wine has been downgraded due to murky political and administrative issues. Notes of stony minerality mingle with aromas of acacia, honeysuckle, pineapple and quince. The wine is certainly smooth and full-bodied, yet underpinned by a sparkling, invigorating vigour. A model of its kind.
In the vineyard, in the cellar
- GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Chenin Blanc
- VINES: 50 years old
- ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13%
- RESIDUAL SUGAR: 15.1 g/L
- TOTAL ACIDITY: 4.15 g/L
- SOIL: composed of deep clay and white chalk, exclusively of a clay-limestone nature.
- HARVEST: hand-picked with successive sorting
- VITICULTURAL PRACTICES: The vineyard is managed using biodynamic methods. No chemical pesticides are used in the vineyard. The soil is grassed, and honey plants and nematicides are sown between the rows. The preparations used are derived solely from processed plant, animal and mineral materials. The qualities and characteristics of each terroir are thus respected. The aim is to strike a balance and create harmonious living conditions between the soil, the vines and the environment in order to produce a high-quality wine.
- VINIFICATION: After pressing in a pneumatic press, alcoholic fermentation is carried out by indigenous yeasts in demi-muids, 600-litre wooden casks. This can last up to six months. Malolactic fermentation is not sought.
- AGEING: This takes place on fine lees, always in demi-muids (total duration 11 months).
What to eat with François Chidaine’s Bouchet cuvée?
- FOOD & WINE PAIRING
- Asian cuisine (chicken pad Thai), aperitif. Mature goat’s cheeses.
