Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 pascal-reverdy The citric laced acidity the

The citric laced acidity the toothsome river stone texture carrying the flavours and balancing the structure to a crescendo that lasts minutes

This wine tastes soft

The first release is a half-and-half blend of 2020 and 2019

gentle spuma

A lot of presence in the attack with beautiful freshness

Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 pascal-reverdy The citric laced acidity theChidaines juicy, full flavoured dry ros is predominantly Grolleau (70%), with the remainder Pinot Noir and Gamay. As with the Sauvignon above, the vines are rooted in the flint, clay and limestone soils of the Cher Valley between Tours and Orlans. Chidaine has little interest in copying the pale (or pallid?) Ctes de Provence model, so here the grapes are picked ripe and undergo a fair measure of skin contact before pressing and aging on lees in