Domaine des Roches - Alain and Jérome Lenoir - White 2009
Domaine des Roches is located in Beaumont-en-Veron in the Chinon appellation. Alain and Jérome Lenoir (father and son) inherited 3.5 hectares from Jérome's great-grandfather. The Cabernet Franc vine is around sixty years old and the soil only offers the vine 20cm of soil, the roots seek nutrients in the very hard parent rock for which the Chinonais is famous. The Chenin Blanc plot was purchased at the end of the 1950s. Customs recently assessed the vines as pre-1900 and probably pre-phylloxeratic. Surrounded by woods and land without grape varieties, this plot could have escaped the insect.
The Chinon Blanc from Domaine des Roches is extremely rare , only 800 bottles of the 2009 vintage were released. It is made from very old , century-old Chenin Blanc , harvested ripe and which has developed flavors of acacia honey. It is aged for two years before being available for sale.
The bottles from this estate are delivered to us directly from the estate, from stocks in their underground cellar. The condition of the labels is not always perfect. There are sometimes red marks on the latter due to friction of the labels in the racks and in the boxes. Levels are sometimes slightly low. This natural wine cannot be replaced or refunded in the event of organoleptic defects. A photo can be sent to you upon simple request.
Grape variety: 100% Chenin Blanc