Domaine de Villargeau Coteaux du Giennois 2023

Alcohol: 14.5%

Grape(s): 100% Sauvignon Blanc 

Localization: Coteaux du Giennois, Loire Valley, France

Tasting Notes: This wine has beautiful aromas with a full spectrum of citrus fruit from pink grapefruit to lemon and lime as well as orange blossoms and subtle minerality. This aromatic complexity is seldom found outside the Loire's finest and most expensive white wines. The palate has great concentration, texture, and richness with ripe citrus fruit wrapped around a spine of excellent soft acidity. The textured and impressively long and round palate turns to zest and mineral on the expansive finish.

The Domain: Successors of numerous generations of winemakers, two brothers, Jean-Fernand and François, decided in 1991 to clear old vineyard parcels where flint-based soils allow for a full expression of Sauvignon Blanc.

Year after year, the vineyard of the Domaine de Villargeau (Villargeau Estate) grew and diversified with the planting of red grape varieties, Pinot noir and Gamay, to complete the trilogy of the Coteaux du Giennois appellation.

Attentive to the sustainability of its activities, the Domaine de Villargeau is committed to the certified Terra Vitis approach, which guarantees:

*Traceability, from the vine plant to the bottle;

*The growth of beneficial fauna and a reduction in the use of phytosanitary products;

*The collection of its packages; and

*Social responsibility towards its workers.