Biodynamic Vigneau Chevreau Vouvray We have been out of this beautiful, pure wine for 6 weeks – And I’ve Been Hearing About it
The limestone cliffs surround Vouvray that form the soil for Chenin Blanc
Wow! We really nailed it when we included this gorgeous 100% Chenin blanc Vouvray in the Hurley line-up. We can’t bring in a container without saving some space for it and the latest vintage, 2008, has just arrived!
This wine is a real charmer, with lemons and minerals bursting from the glass. The flavors are pure. The wine is dry, but, a not a steely, steely dry. The grapes are hand-harvested and the grapes are carefully sorted to ensure that only the ripe, healthy grapes make it into the bottle.
La Revue du Vin de France:
“This estate, which is biodynamique (organic) is distributed over several types of soil which permits assemblages of wine which play right into the hands of the Chenin Blanc grape with its velvety acidity so typical of a good Vouvray. Vigneau Chevreau makes wine with lots of textural finesse and generous minerality…”
The cellars are impeccable here. Vouvray is planted in tuffeau, a limestone rock. Tuffeau is the same white rock that many of the chateaux of the Loire are made from. The rock was excavated from the land leaving behind cavernous caves which the Vouvrillons put to good use as wine chais (barrel storage rooms). The caves are very old and snake around for hundreds of meters underground.
Vigneau Chevreau has been around since 1875 and been worked by 5 generations. The estate is now 25 hectares spread across several communes permitted to put Vouvray on their labels.
When you have a glass of Silex, lemons and minerals will burst from the glass. The flavors are pure. The grapes are hand-harvested and the grapes are carefully sorted to ensure that only the ripe, healthy grapes make it into the bottle.
The estate has been certified biodynamique since 1995. Bio means no chemicals, no pesticides in the vineyards or in the winery.
Quality is very important at Domaine Vigneau Chevreau and it was instantly apparent in the wines. When I landed in the Domaine’s cellars, I’d already had a full day of tasting Vouvray after Vouvray, but it wasn’t hard to pick my favorite. How about a glass of Vouvray tonight? Cynthia Hurley