Frantz Saumon, Montlouis 'Le Clos du Chêne' 2019

Place: Loire, France

Grape: Chenin Blanc

Vibe: Natural, textural

This single-vineyard bottling is made only in perfect vintages. The vines grow in pure tuffeau, a hard limestone from the valley, cover by a thin layer on clay topsoil. The year was warm and dry, and it shows: this is both fresh and full, packed with honeyed fruit and a solid mineral core. Agile, addictive, and built to last. ABV: 13.5%