Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Choisilles Sec 2023 CRUSEBUB and white apricot mingle with

and white apricot mingle with a savory leesy character

lot-numbered blend (this is Lot 30) of Nerello Mascalese with a splash of Nerello Cappuccio

Welschriesling

aniseed and chili pepper

a tough American variety long grown in Texas and prized for shrugging off the pests and diseases that flatten European vines

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Choisilles Sec 2023 CRUSEBUB and white apricot mingle withVines have to work for a living here. Les Choisilles sits on clay and flint over tuffeau, the soft chalk the Loire chateaux were carved from, and the roots carve their own paths through the subsoil to find what they need. Francois Chidaine farms it biodynamically and presses gently, and the wine that results is the most precise thing in his dry Montlouis lineup: citrus and white peach, acacia and lily, dense yet somehow fluid, with a savory flesh and