2020 Domaine Belargus Anjou Blanc 'Quarts'
$ 350.00 AUD
An exceptionally complex and wonderfully vibrant Chenin Blanc from Anjou. Coming from a terroir producing world-renowned sweet wines, the Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru appellation area also gives birth to great dry wines. The Quarts cuvée comes from the so-called single-plot on the Quarts-deChaume hillside. Growing on pure schists, the vines give birth to a straight and vertical dry wine, supported by a singular and elegant bitterness.
Region - Loire Valley
Type - White
Year - 2020
Winery - Loire Valley
Grape - Chenin Blanc
Volume - Standard - 750ml
About the wine
Tasting notes
The Anjou Quarts is crystalline and fresh on the elegant palate. With a golden colour, it opens with yellow flowers and quince notes before turning salty, gently bitter and wonderfully tense with vertical tannins. Stunning!
Wine descriptors
Captivating and Complex, Elegant and Fine, For the Cellar, Lean and Crisp, Vibrant and Exciting
Fruit aromas & flavour
Apples and Pear, Citrus, Stonefruit, Tropicals
Other aromas & flavour
Earth, Florals, Herbals, Minerality, Nuttiness, Spices, Toastiness
Food pairings
Pork
Cheese
Pizza
Fish
Red Meat
Pasta
BBQ
Vegetables
Poultry
Shellfish
Oysters
Spicy Foods
Cured Meats
Desserts
Expert review
98pts - Opens with a deep and intense yet pure, refined and elegant, noble and aromatic bouquet of perfectly ripe and concentrated stone fruits, jelly fruits, lemons, grapefruits, salts and crystalline rocks. Crystalline and fresh on the elegant palate, this is a full-bodied, intense, dense and extract-sweet yet also refined and stimulating Chenin with noble citrus fruit bitters and fine tannins on the long, tight and intense finish. This is reduced power paired with finesse and elegance. Far too young to be served at this stage, this is a promising.
Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc is a white grape variety most famous for the beautifully lean and mineral expressions that come out of the Loire Valley in France and the rich and sweet expressions from South Africa. The wines are very aromatic and fruit forward, with flavours of quince, pear, yellow apple, chamomile and honey and can be made in a diverse range of style from sparkling, to lean and mineral, all the way to rich and even fortified. Chenin Blanc is quickly becoming a first choice for lovers of complex and fruity white wines and we think it's only the beginning for this amazing grape.
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