Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2023 OLDRIOJA Spicy with a hint of

Spicy with a hint of caramel fudge

Truly a bottle to impress

slate-rich hillsides above Bernkastel-Kues comes this expression of pure Mosel terroir

Winemaking and ageing: soft pressing

Decaying granite soils

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2023 OLDRIOJA Spicy with a hint ofChenin Blanc has more range than any other white grape it's great dry, great sweet, great sparkling and Francois Chidaine is the man who proved Montlouis could do it every bit as well as Vouvray across the river. Les Bournais may be the finest vineyard he farms: clay limestone at Husseau in Montlouis sur Loire, worked biodynamically, aged five to six months on fine lees in demi muids. It's the exotic one in his lineup white fruit on the nose that