Chateau de Plaisance 'Sur la Butte' Anjou Rouge, 2023 santa ynez with lingering ripe fruits

with lingering ripe fruits

Remains on the lees for 4 months

The palate is focused and textured

and Picolit from Northern Italy

This Champagne is a blend of 80% Meunier and 20% Chardonnay

Chateau de Plaisance 'Sur la Butte' Anjou Rouge, 2023 santa ynez with lingering ripe fruitsEqual parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, from the bottom of the famous Chaume hill in Anjou. Famous for Quartz de Chaume Grand Cru, and almost exclusively sweet wine made from Chenin, this area produces only a handful of dry wine. Vanessa Cherruau purchased this biodynamically farmed estate before it was sold to the local co op, and kept its legacy for producing dry, honestly farmed, Anjou wines. She is unable to label her wines Chaume