Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Brut Nature 2020 cote-rotie next to the winery

next to the winery

100% Glera or Prosecco grapes

the grapes are hand-picked then naturally sun-dried on traditional sultana racks before vinification

along the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl

toasted bread

Domaine François Chidaine Montlouis Brut Nature 2020 cote-rotie next to the wineryChidaines cracking Montlouis Brut Nature is made from old vine, biodynamically farmed, hand harvested fruit cropped at a very low 35 hectolitres per hectare (a figure almost unheard of in Champagne). To be specific, this zero dosage Montlouis is 100% Chenin Blanc from the flinty (perruches) sites of Le Volagray and Les Landes, as well as the clay and limestone dominant (aubuis) sites of Clos Renard and Les Epinais. Chidaine picks his grapes for