Topette Chenin Blanc 2024

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This Chenin Blanc hails from the Touraine region of France's Loire Valley. The grapes are grown in clay and flint soils from vineyards averaging 15 years of age, cultivated using sustainable farming practices. The grapes undergo direct pressing, and the juice is fermented in stainless steel tanks. The wine is then aged for 4 months on its fine lees in steel tanks before being bottled with light filtration. 12.5% ABV, IGP Val de Loire. Topette is a local Loire Valley way of saying "see you later", and the project is modelled on the inexpensive, quaffable bistro-style wines that are readily available across France but rarely found at this price in the United States; each cuvee is sourced from several Loire Valley farmers, with negociant Pierre Chainier making a point of supporting the growers more substantially than the norm.