Les Athlètes du Vin Chenin Blanc 2023 | Loire Valley, France

A bright, textural, and delicious Chenin Blanc form Touraine in the Loire Valley.

Fresh, with notes of pear, green apple, citrus, and ginger on the nose. Builds with flavours of ripe fleshy pears, white peach, and green lime. Elegantly texture on the palate, medium bodied, dry, and refreshingly acid drive on the finish.

NERD NOTES

Hand harvested grapes from 35 year old Chenin Blanc vines on sandy clay soils.

Pneumatically pressed before being fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks.

2 g/L residual sugar.

ABOUT LES ATHLETES DU VIN

'Les Athlètes du Vin' began as a collective of organic winemakers across the Loire Valley, intended to highlight the beauty of the region and it's wine - its appellations, grape varieties, and viticulture/winemaking techniques. Each producer in the collective farms their own vineyard and vinifies their cuvees separately, but collaborate together for logistics and distribution, the sharing of winemaking knowledge, and providing support & feedback on their wines.

The collective share a single philosophy when it comes to making wine: Maximum care in the vineyard and minimal intervention in the winery. They use sustainable and organic farming practices and hand harvest their vines, ranging from 10 to 120 years old. The grapes are fermented with natural yeasts in stainless steel, concrete, or old oak, with light or no filtration and minimal sulphur added. They make delicious wine, as true to the region and terroir as possible.

In 2016, the collective started producing wines together under the 'Les Athlètes du Vin' name, no longer simply collaborating together on logistics/distribution and sharing knowledge, but producing wine from their many vineyards together.

Their name comes from their shared wine tastings and accompanying long lunches, turning all of them into true elbow-raising champions!