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2020 Francois Chidaine Les Choisilles Montlouis-sur-Loire
If you crave white wines with serious cut, smoke, and electric tension, François Chidaine's Les Choisilles is your holy grail. While his other Montlouis bottlings lean on clay and limestone, this specific cuvée is a completely different beast. Sourced from ancient clay-flint soils, it delivers that struck-match, gunmetal minerality that hardcore Loire chasers usually pay triple digits for in neighboring appellations like Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé. Chidaine is a master of terroir isolation, and L…
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100% Old-Vine Chenin
Flint-Rich Soils
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Tasting notes
Aroma
An incredibly energetic nose bursting with crushed flint, smoky gunmetal, Meyer lemon zest, and a tight core of tart green pear, accented by a faint hint of white tea.
Palate
Bone-dry and fiercely focused. The palate balances concentrated orchard fruit with a searing, electric acidity. It drives forward with laser-like precision, finishing with a massive wave of crushed-rock minerality and striking length.
White Wine Body Profile
Light
Bold
Body Profile
Lifted
40/100 Intensity
Light
Bold
40.0/100
Feather-light
Lifted
Balanced
Structured
Powerful
Grapes
100% Chenin Blanc
ABV
14.5%
Serving
45–50°F
Window
2025–2045
In Detail
Razor-sharp, flint-grown Chenin Blanc
If you crave white wines with serious cut, smoke, and electric tension, François Chidaine's Les Choisilles is your holy grail. While his other Montlouis bottlings lean on clay and limestone, this specific cuvée is a completely different beast. Sourced from ancient clay-flint soils, it delivers that struck-match, gunmetal minerality that hardcore Loire chasers usually pay triple digits for in neighboring appellations like Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé.
Chidaine is a master of terroir isolation, and Les Choisilles is arguably his most intensely focused, tightly coiled wine. The 2020 vintage harnesses all of that flinty energy, resulting in a bone-dry Chenin Blanc that is built like a high-wire act. It possesses an incredible aging trajectory, yet offers an immediate, visceral thrill right now if you give it a quick decant.
Because it demands such specific, flint-heavy parcels, production of this cuvée is painfully small. We were granted a microscopic allocation of this highly coveted 2020 release. Given the immense global demand for Chidaine's top-tier, single-terroir bottlings, our limited inventory will be spoken for rapidly. Secure your bottles before this rare parcel disappears entirely.
