Pierre Menard Le Clos Des Mailles Chenin Blanc 2020 Organic Produced during a historically warm

Produced during a historically warm and low-yield vintage in the Willamette Valley

Grape: Encruzado

filtrations or stabilizations are not carried out

while a chalky

harvest took place a little earlier than planned in order to retain acidity

Pierre Menard Le Clos Des Mailles Chenin Blanc 2020 Organic Produced during a historically warmGrape: Chenin Blanc Vintage: 2020 Type: White Pierre Menard's Chenin Blanc vines from the Clos de Mailles vineyard are found on the highest point of the hillside on phthalite (siltstone) and schist soils. This beauty of a wine comes from the 2020 vintage which in the Loire was warm and solar, but Mnards early picking and biodynamic farming preserved a "electric" acidity that keeps the wine from feeling heavy. On the nose shy and slightly reductive