Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2023 OLDRIOJA slate-rich hillsides above Bernkastel-Kues comes

slate-rich hillsides above Bernkastel-Kues comes this expression of pure Mosel terroir

promising a memorable wine tasting experience

Truly a bottle to impress

Decaying granite soils

Hans Reisetbauer harvests pears that are underripe

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2023 OLDRIOJA slate-rich hillsides above Bernkastel-Kues comesChenin Blanc has more range than any other white grape it's great dry, great sweet, great sparkling and Francois Chidaine is the man who proved Montlouis could do it every bit as well as Vouvray across the river. Les Bournais may be the finest vineyard he farms: clay limestone at Husseau in Montlouis sur Loire, worked biodynamically, aged five to six months on fine lees in demi muids. It's the exotic one in his lineup white fruit on the nose that