Domaine des Roches - Alain and Jérome Lenoir - White 2011
Domaine des Roches is located in Beaumont-en-Veron in the Chinon appellation. Alain and Jérome Lenoir (father and son) inherited the 3.5 hectares from Jérome's great-grandfather. The Cabernet Franc vine is about sixty years old and the soil only offers the vine 20cm of earth, the roots seek nutrients in the very hard bedrock for which Chinonais is famous. The Chenin Blanc plot was purchased in the late 1950s. Customs recently assessed the vines as pre-1900 and probably pre-phylloxeratic. Surrounded by woods and unplanted land, this plot could have escaped the insect.
Domaine des Roches' Chinon Blanc is extremely rare . It is made from Chenin Blanc , harvested ripe and which has developed flavors of acacia honey. It is aged for two years before being available for sale.
Grape variety: 100% Chenin Blanc
The bottles from this estate are delivered to us directly from the estate, from the stocks present in their underground cellar. The condition of the labels is not always perfect (here for example , a scratch covers the mention of grape variety visible on the labels of the red wine). There are sometimes red marks on the latter due to the friction of the labels in the racks and in the boxes. The 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 on simple request.