La Petite Soeur Les Justice 2022
Anjou, Loire Valley, France
Chenin Blanc
ABV: 13.2%
This is a stunning oxidative style of chenin. Not going too far in that direction though, this wine retains a beautiful balance of delicate freshness while developing the nutty salinity that one typically hopes for in oxidative wine. It’s quite nontraditional to find chenin handled this way but after trying this, it's curious more producers don’t try it on. Varietal clarity reigns but expands past primary fruits into more texture and savoury regions not typical to more classical chenins. A brilliant bottle.
Originally from Brittany, Adrien De Mello fell into wine making in Quebec where he worked for a number of years before returning to France to work in the Southern Rhone Valley. During this time he also lived and made wine in America and South Africa and when he heard of an organically farmed estate in Anjou that was downsizing and selling a section of the property he leapt at the chance to begin his own domaine and be a little closer to his home region.
Today, Adrien farms just over three hectares of Loire varieties outside the village of St Lambert du Lattay in Anjou, one the most widely revered regions of the Loire and makes a delicious range of seriously pure, detailed wines. The terroir here is largely schist-based which and the wines have a pleasing notion of minerality as a result.
Anjou, Loire Valley, France
Chenin Blanc
ABV: 13.2%
This is a stunning oxidative style of chenin. Not going too far in that direction though, this wine retains a beautiful balance of delicate freshness while developing the nutty salinity that one typically hopes for in oxidative wine. It’s quite nontraditional to find chenin handled this way but after trying this, it's curious more producers don’t try it on. Varietal clarity reigns but expands past primary fruits into more texture and savoury regions not typical to more classical chenins. A brilliant bottle.
Originally from Brittany, Adrien De Mello fell into wine making in Quebec where he worked for a number of years before returning to France to work in the Southern Rhone Valley. During this time he also lived and made wine in America and South Africa and when he heard of an organically farmed estate in Anjou that was downsizing and selling a section of the property he leapt at the chance to begin his own domaine and be a little closer to his home region.
Today, Adrien farms just over three hectares of Loire varieties outside the village of St Lambert du Lattay in Anjou, one the most widely revered regions of the Loire and makes a delicious range of seriously pure, detailed wines. The terroir here is largely schist-based which and the wines have a pleasing notion of minerality as a result.
Anjou, Loire Valley, France
Chenin Blanc
ABV: 13.2%
This is a stunning oxidative style of chenin. Not going too far in that direction though, this wine retains a beautiful balance of delicate freshness while developing the nutty salinity that one typically hopes for in oxidative wine. It’s quite nontraditional to find chenin handled this way but after trying this, it's curious more producers don’t try it on. Varietal clarity reigns but expands past primary fruits into more texture and savoury regions not typical to more classical chenins. A brilliant bottle.
Originally from Brittany, Adrien De Mello fell into wine making in Quebec where he worked for a number of years before returning to France to work in the Southern Rhone Valley. During this time he also lived and made wine in America and South Africa and when he heard of an organically farmed estate in Anjou that was downsizing and selling a section of the property he leapt at the chance to begin his own domaine and be a little closer to his home region.
Today, Adrien farms just over three hectares of Loire varieties outside the village of St Lambert du Lattay in Anjou, one the most widely revered regions of the Loire and makes a delicious range of seriously pure, detailed wines. The terroir here is largely schist-based which and the wines have a pleasing notion of minerality as a result.