Domaine Dhommé Savennieres Les Fougerais 2023

From the Importer:
The Savennières, from the lieu-dit Les Fougerais, comes from 10-15-year-old vines planted on sandy soils with green schist and quartz subsoils.  Harvest is by hand and yeasts are indigenous.  Fermentation is in older barrels with partial malolactic.  The palate feel is fine and mineraled, with notes of ripe fruit and some smoky complexity.  This wine pairs wonderfully with fish in sauce, chicken in cream sauce, and goat cheeses.

Clarisse and her husband Quentin Dhommé have been organically farming their 25 hectares property since 2011.  They harvest all their fruit by hand and only use indigenous yeasts.  The couple make a number of excellent wines that we've brought into America for the first time.  Their Anjou Blanc Clos des Fresnais is 100% chenin blanc coming from 30-year-old vines and aged in older oak barrels for 12 months. It shows notes of pear, vanilla, and a lovely mineraled streak buttresses by bright acids.