3 Coteaux

This cuvée is the result of the blend of small Chenin Blanc plots from three hillsides : the Coteau des Chénaies from Domaine de la Perrière, the Coteau des Chenanceaux from Domaine du Roncée, and the Coteau de l’Olive, a plot planted in 2008 and first harvested in 2010. While the entire CHINON appellation has less than 100 hectares of Chenin blanc vines dedicated to CHINON Blanc, Chenin is an emblematic grape variety of the LOIRE VALLEY. It is an extraordinary grape that can be used to make all kinds of wines: from the driest to the greatest sweet wines, from still to sparkling wines made using the traditional method. Here in CHINON, Chenin blanc is always still and “dry”, meaning without any residual sugar. A tense, precise expression, which can have great ageing potential in the best vintages ! The most suitable terroirs are the clay-limestone slopes.