Clos de la Frelonnerie - Montlouis-sur-Loire - Monopole - Blanc - 2021

Wine:

Cherished like a grand cru, with fermentations in demi-muids and two years of aging in barrels, the 2021 white Montlouis-sur-Loire Monopole offers an exquisite resonance. This Chenin boasts great purity and freshness, adorned with notes of white fruits, a touch of rootiness, and beautiful minerality. Its invigorating structure, refined and elegantly enveloped by the wood without excess, is of high class. A gastronomic wine, perfect for the next decade, to pair with noble fish like turbot or John Dory with beurre blanc, or a trout gravlax. Rated 93/100 by the Selection Committee.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Direct pressing. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts in 620-liter demi-muids. Aged 24 months, without racking, on fine lees in the same containers. Bottled on August 4, 2023. Residual sugars: 1.2 g/l.
Plot planted with old vines aged between 30 and 120 years, cultivated using organic and biodynamic methods (certification pending). Soil: clayey sand on yellow tufa. Southern exposure, on the Cher slope.

Color:

Beautifully intense, brilliant gold.

Nose:

Great purity, fresh, white fruit notes mingled with a touch of root and beautiful minerality.

Palate:

Very stylish, with exquisite fruity aromas, this wine has an invigorating, pure, well-coated structure, and its oaky ageing is perfectly integrated. A wine of great class!

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C in a large glass.

Food and wine pairing:

Noble fish, turbot or st. Pierre with citrus beurre blanc, trout gravlax.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2031.

This is a new address that is sure to make a sensation! Driven by the enthusiasm and rigor of three talented winemakers and friends—Stéphane Bodet, Alice Chidaine, and Jean-Baptiste Bonnigal—Le Clos de la Frelonnerie is a unique estate located in Montlouis-sur-Loire.

This small enclosed vineyard, a narrow plot of Chenin surrounded by walls, is planted with old vines, some of which are nearly 120 years old. Set in a magical soil of yellow tuffeau and clay sands, it is lovingly cultivated using organic and biodynamic methods.