Domaine Belargus - Anjou Blanc 'Quarts' 2022

The Anjou Quarts is crystalline and fresh on the elegant palate.

Coming from a terroir producing world-renowned sweet wines, the Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru appellation area also gives birth to great dry wines. The Quarts cuvée comes from the so-called single-plot on the Quarts-deChaume hillside. Growing on pure schists, the vines give birth to a straight and vertical dry wine, supported by a singular and elegant bitterness.

The parcel from Les Quarts is exposed and south-facing and is composed of Precambrian schists with a layer of clay on topsoil. The 2022 Les Quarts reveals a deep and complex bouquet with aromas of spices, saffron, exotic fruits and ripe orchard fruits. Medium to full-bodied, it’s a concentrated, fleshy wine that concludes with a mineral, long, iodine-inflected finish. It strikes a balance between the styles of Les Rouères and Le Veau. Keep it over the next five to 10 years. 91-93 points - Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate. 

QUARTS is somehow the opposite of his next-plot "neighbour" ROUÈRES. The schists terroir gives this wine a typical straightness and tension. With a golden colour, QUARTS opens on yellow flowers flavors, with quince notes. The mouth, salty and vertical, ends on the typical bitterness of the Quarts-de-Chaume terroir. 100% Chenin Blanc.