01 · Eye
Eye
Bright golden hue
2021
Chenin Enchanter
Vintage 2021
Lemon
Apple
Honey
Almond
Floral
Butter
Single-vineyard cuvée from the "Enchentoir" lieu-dit, clay-limestone soils rich in flint. Certified biodynamic old vines.
Grape variety
100% Chenin
Type
Single-vineyard dry white wine
Appellation
Wine of France
Color
White
Alcohol
13.5 %
Tasting & Serving
Body
Medium-low
Sweetness
Low
Tannin
Low
Acidity
Medium
Alcohol
13.5% ABV
10-12°C
Serving
White
Glass type
No
Decant
10-15 ans years
Cellar
I.
An emblematic single vineyard of the estate, on clay-limestone soils rich in flint at the foot of Puy Notre-Dame. Old vines planted in the 1970s, farmed under certified Biodyvin biodynamics. The flint gives the wines a rare mineral, saline tension.
Vue drone
Au cep
In the cellar
II.
Vinification
Hand-picked grapes sorted into small crates. Gentle pressing. Spontaneous fermentation at low temperature. Light stirring of the lees. Bottling without fining or filtration.
Eye, nose, palate
III.
Tasting
02 · Nose
Nose
Deep nose of gunflint, acacia honey, and candied lemon.
03 · Palate
Palate
Dense, direct palate, supported by chiseled acidity and a saline length reminiscent of iodine.
04 · Finish
Finish
A persistent, accomplished expression of terroir-driven Chenin.
At the table
IV.
Serving tips
Temperature
10-12°C
Take out of the fridge 30 min before serving
Decant
No
Aeration and aroma release
Cellaring
10-15 ans
Cool, stable cellar, bottle lying down
V.
Winemaker's note
Enchentoir is my laboratory, my reference plot. The flint there gives Chenin a mineral tension found nowhere else. I age this cuvée in old barrels, slowly, listening to it. It improves with age.
Signed
Guillaume Reynouard
At the table
VI.
Food & wine pairings
Fish / Shellfish
Pan-seared scallops
Scallops seared in butter, barely golden, just cooked through at the centre.
Fish / Shellfish
Grilled lobster
Breton lobster, beurre noisette, spring vegetables — a great white wine is a must.
Fish
Grilled fine fish
Sea bass, sea bream, turbot — chargrilled over embers, fleur de sel, olive oil.
Poultry
Farmhouse poultry in cream sauce
Poularde or Loué chicken, creamy mushroom sauce, pilaf rice.
Cheese
Aged washed-rind cheeses
Munster, Époisses, Maroilles — bold cheeses for characterful wines.
Meat
Veal sweetbreads
Sweetbreads browned in butter, creamy morel sauce, asparagus in season.
Production
A precious cuvée
2021
Vintage
2.5k
Bottles produced
100%
Certified biodynamic
