Chateau du Petit Thouars Chinon Blanc 'Le Clos' 2024 Sancerre is apparent in the flavors

is apparent in the flavors and aromas of the red wine of Simone

and for good reason—it encompasses a panoply of seemingly at-odds characteristics with ease

and practicing increasingly bold non-interventionism in the cellar as he indulges his experimental side to great success

17-hectare sliver of this outsized grand cru

the “Veleys” is the most classic representation of the terroir of Mercurey with strength

Chateau du Petit Thouars Chinon Blanc 'Le Clos' 2024 Sancerre is apparent in the flavorsPetit Thouarss white wine comes from a 0. 75 hectare plot of Chenin Blanc planted in 2010 within the confines of an ancient wall immediately behind the chateau itself (hence the name of the cuve). Situated in the southwest limit of the appellation close to Saumur Champigny, the soils here are more suited to the production of white wine than vineyards further northeast. Fermentations start naturally, sometimes in stainless steel tanks and sometimes in