"The name La Lune was chosen by our former worker, Stéphane Bernaudeau (who has since joined the little world of exceptional wine growers), because of the crescent shape of the ranks : they look like the moon! We quickly discovered...

From 50+ year-old vines on shist and clay. Les Fouchardes comes from a single vineyard of the same name. The Angelis are the only ones to cultivate it and thus declare it as a monopole on the label.

This is a small parcel within the AOC Bonnezeaux, but vinified dry (Disregard the old label - it's not Bonnezeaux!

Slightly higher on the slope of the La Montagne hill, you will find the old vines of the Ferme de la Sansonnière, planted just after World War II (1949) with older massal selections of chenin. There are two main soils...

The Belliviere Jasnieres "Prémices" is a selection of the most fruit-forward barrels and is the first release in any given vintage. The fruit comes from vines ranging from 10-50 years old, planted on variations on flinty clay soils over tuffeau...

The Nicolas family is crafting unique, chiseled Chenins from the terroirs of silex, sand clay over tuffeau in the little valley of the Loir, 40 miles north of the more famous Loire with "e". Within a couple of miles, they...

"L'Effraie" is from Bellivière's younger Coteaux du Loir vines, across 11 parcels totaling 3.5 hectares. These gobelet-pruned, 10-50 year-old vines are planted on flinty, sandy clay soils over tuffeau (soft limestone), are certified-biodynamic. "The aromatics entice with nuances of crushed...

Vieilles Vignes Éparses is Bellivière's oldest-vine cuvée, with ages ranging from 80 to 100 years old, across multiple parcels in the Coteaux du Loir: the name "éparses" is in fact in reference to the parcellation of the vineyards. These old...

In some vintages The Nicolas family bottles a Pineau d'Aunis called "L'Hommage à Louis Derré" - they single out the very oldest vines, which total 0.9 hectare and clock in at over 100 years old at this point. Needless to...

This is a beautiful Chenin Blanc from Sébastien Cornille at Domaine de la Roche Bleue, from 30+-year-old vines on slopes (80%) and terraces (20%) in the lieu-dit "Le Haut Perray" in Chahaignes, Coteaux du Loir. Thin red clay soils over...

100% Chenin Blanc, from 20 to 35 year-old vines on a slope of clay/silex soils on limestone, certified organic. Slow pressing of whole clusters; long fermentations, most in 4 to 6 year-old barriques, the younger vines in cuve inox; élevage...

 Sébastien Cornille's lovely "Guinguette" is made from 75% Pineau d’Aunis, with 25% Gamay, from 30+year-old vines in organic/biodynamic farming in the Coteaux du Loir. Fairly short maceration, native yeasts, semi-carbonic fermentation of whole bunches and destemmed grapes according to the...