2019 TAILLE AUX LOUP (JACKY BLOT) "REMUS" MONTLOUIS SUR LOIRE SEC

2019 TAILLE AUX LOUP (JACKY BLOT) "REMUS" MONTLOUIS SUR LOIRE SEC, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE. 100% Chenin Blanc (Organic).

Now one of the Loire's leading top-quality producers Jacky Blot was a négociant in Tours before he took over the Domaine de la Taille aux Loups in Montlouis in 1988. All of their wines, even the base wine for the sparkling Montlouis, are fermented and aged in barriques of various ages. Rémus comes from a number of parcels of vines between 50 and 80 years old. The barrels used are 20% new with the rest between one and four years old. The 19 will be bottled in June. When tasted in early February it had fine balance of crisp fruit and acidity with a touch of pineapple. (Importer)

About: A new star has emerged in the heart of the Loire Valley: he is Jacky Blot of Domaine de la Taille aux Loups, in Montlouis and Vouvray. Montlouis is located on the southern bank of the Loire, opposite Vouvray. Blot, originally a Loire wine broker by profession, acquired about 8 hectares of 50-75 year old vines in 1989. These prized, ancient parcels belonged to families that could no longer continue to cultivate the vines and so entrusted them to Blot and his team. Blot brought a passion and exacting determination to make wines of only the highest quality, well beyond the norm of the day. Now more than 25 years on, Blot is the acknowledged pioneer of the region and is credited with having taken Chenin Blanc to unprecedented heights of quality. (Importer)