2018 Francois Chidaine - Montlouis sur Loire Les Choisilles
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From clay-silex soils topping the tuff bedrock, picked in several selective passages and vinified in demi-muids for 11 months, the 2018 Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Choisilles offers a pure, deep, fresh and flinty bouquet with ripe and elegant fruit. Full-bodied, intense and highly energetic on the palate, with perfectly ripe and concentrated pear and tropical fruit flavors and a crystalline yet dense texture, this is another impressive and sustainable Chenin from Chidaine's home appellation. The wine is remarkably deep, intense and complex yet also refined and stimulatingly saline on the finish. I'd keep it for at least another one or even two years before drinking, then this 2018 should be able to age for 15 years and more. From 30- to 90-year-old vines whose deep roots managed the challenges of the vintage brilliantly. Bottled in August 2019; tasted in March 2021.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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The 2018 Montlouis Choisilles is a blend from the Les Epinais, La Taille aux Loups and Clos au Renard lieu-dits. Dry and bracing in the glass, with tremendous energy, the Choisilles is beautifully delineated, with sweet floral notes and bright acids that round things out so well. Citrus confit, white flowers, chamomile and crushed rocks lead into the sculpted finish.