Loire Valley
Bel ami - 2022 - Ludovic Chanson
Domaine Ludovic Chanson
Chardonnay with opulence on citrus notes... Palate: rich, indulgent juice, with a profile that’s neither classic nor boring. Ludovic is all about precision with his Chenins, but with other varieties, it’s about striking the right balance with plenty of indulgence!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
100% Chardonnay from 60-year-old vines farmed organically and planted in Montlouis-sur-Loire on predominantly clay soils. Hand-harvested. Vinification: direct pressing, then transfer of the juices into barrels, for fermentation and one year of aging in barrels that have seen several wines, blending of the barrels and 6 months of refining in stainless steel tanks. Bottled at the estate in May 2024 without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of sulfur.
Ludovic Chanson
Ludovic Chanson, from his first bottles released as a young upstart winemaker, has been proving himself year in year out in Montlouis. Entering the wine world in 2009, having left a career in pharmaceutical research, this scientist was bitten by the vine bug during time spent with Vincent Carême and Damien Délécheneau (of the Domaine La Grange Tiphaine). He’d buy 8.5 hectares to start out, but...
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