Bottle of the month
One wine the buyer keeps coming back to, with why and what to eat with it.
Open it this month
a cool limestone slope makes this chenin taste of pears and wet stone
Les Pierres Chenin blanc 2022
Loire valley, dry white, 12.5%, from a family estate of six hectares (sample)
Example price $28 a bottle, $150 for six
Elena Marsh
Buyer and owner (sample)
Why we chose it
The vines grow on a cool limestone slope above the river. The family picks by hand, ferments slowly in old barrels and bottles the wine without filtering (sample).
It is dry and fresh now and will keep for ten years. Open it an hour early and serve it cool, not cold.
At a glance
Grape
Chenin blanc
Region
Loire valley, France
Vintage
2022
Alcohol
12.5%
With
Trout, goat’s cheese, roast chicken
Visit the shop
Something is always open on the counter to taste. Ask us to put a bottle aside and collect it on your way home.
Find us
Vine Street Cellar (sample)
14 Vine Street, Springfield
Call the shop
(555) 018-4400
Tue–Sat 10:00–20:00, Sun 12:00–17:00 (sample)
Write to us
[email protected]
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