Chaos 2022

Name: Chaos 2022
Brand: Domaine Pierre Menard
SKU: DPMCH22
Price: 95.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$95.00

Chaos, the second vintage produced since 2017, is a Coteaux du Layon Faye-d'Anjou Chenin affected by botrytis. It comes from an early harvest of noble rot that appeared on a few clusters following pre-harvest storms. Harvested at the beginning of maturity, the botrytis preserved the high acidity of the moment and rapidly concentrated due to the warm early September weather. Chaos offers both sugar and high acidity, achieving a delicate balance.

This is a full bodied natural fortified wine.

Technical Details

Region: Faye-d'Anjou, Loire Valley, France
Appellation: Coteaux du Layon Faye-d'Anjou
Grape Variety: Chenin Blanc
Vintage: 2022
Type: Fortified
Style: Sweet
Winemaking: Slow pressing, manual press, fermentation in one barrel and one glass demijohn (dame jeanne).
Residual Sugar: 243 g/L
Volume: 0.5L
ABV: 11.3%

About Domaine Pierre Menard

Pierre Menard makes some of the most impressive Chenin Blanc wines in Faye d'Anjou in the Loire Valley of France. He grew up in a winemaking family and his parents own several hectares of land within the Côteaux du Layon, where they farm Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc grapes to sell to local cooperatives. Some of these vines are hundred-over years old. Within these plots of land, Pierre has isolated a few plots and started to create his own wines.

Pierre masterful creates several types of Chenin Blanc from each plot, in which he showcases the differences in the ages of the vines, soil types and location of the plots.
The grapes are harvested manually and the winemaking is low intervention, no new oak, barrels range from 1-3 years, and a slow cold fermentation that often lasts until the spring adds layers of complexity and depth.

Even though Pierre Menard has only been making wine for a few years, his wines are highly sought after and we are grateful to be working together!

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