Le Rocher des Violettes (Xavier Weisskopf), Chenin Blanc, Touche-Mitaine, Montlouis-sur-Loire, France 2022

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Le Rocher des Violettes (Xavier Weisskopf), Chenin Blanc, Touche-Mitaine, Montlouis-sur-Loire, France 2022100% Chenin Blanc Certified organic. An elegant and focused Montlouis from a very cold site that shows notes of flint, white flowers, pineapple, and Anjou pear. A strong mineral component keeps everything fresh and clean, leading to a long salty finish. Xavier Weisskopf founded Le Rocher des Violettes in 2005 after studying winemaking in Chablis and Beaune and earning his degree in viticulture and oenology. He quickly went to work for the hard working

in the northernmost corner of the Kamptal

certain wines can be enjoyed as early as their youth or

with a concentration of fruit and minerals on the nose and palate

Paolo strives to efface the grower's ego and render wines that are faithful translations of Karst earth

golden delicious apple and candied lemon effortlessly plume from the glass

or as an apéritif

it wasn’t until the late 1970s that the enterprise was revived

Manually collected

Mirco has vines from his grandfather that were planted in 1950

This amaro is smooth and sweet upfront

then allowed to naturally complete a full malolactic fermentation and develop a rounder

the estate initially focused on fruit growing