Domaine Belargus - Anjou Blanc 'Roueres' 2022
The Anjou Roueres is crystalline and pure in style.
Coming from a terroir producing world-renowned sweet wines, the Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru appellation area also give birth to great dry wines. The ROUÈRES cuvée comes from the so-called single-plot on the Quarts-de-Chaume hillside. Growing on pudding rocks and sandstones, the vines give a round and generous dry wine, supported by a singular and elegant bitterness.
The 2022 Les Rouères derived from vines planted in a three-hectare plot on puddingstones (sand concretions and rolled gravel) and schist soils. It possesses an exotic, solar bouquet with aromas of ripe orchard fruits, mango, pear, beeswax and sweet spices despite dominant oaky hints. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, fleshy and textural in the mid-palate, it’s enveloping and deep, concluding in a long, toasty, ethereal and reduced finish. Il will offer a broad drinking window. 91-93 points - Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate.
100% Chenin Blanc.