The Chenin blanc, also called Pineau de la Loire, comes from the Loire Valley, where it was called “Anjou plant” around the 10th century. It was Rabelais who popularized its current name in the 16th century.
Nowhere else does it better express the richness of the terroirs. A late grape variety, it knows how to adapt to the microclimate of Touraine, offering an astonishing range of wines.
Harvested at the start of the harvest, it is used to produce distinguished dry white wines or base wines for fine bubble wines.
At the end of the harvest, after the development of Botrytis cinerea or “passerillage” (drying of the grapes under the effect of the sun and wind), it gives rise to great semi-dry, sweet and sweet wines, whose aptitude for aging is exceptional.