Montlouis Tendre "Les Grillonnières" Alice Chidaine 2022

Domaine Alice Chidaine Chidaine

François and Manuela’s daughter, Alice Chidaine, has now assumed a key role in the cellar. Before returning to Montlouis, Alice apprenticed with Clos Rougeard and Dagueneau in the Loire Valley and worked vintage with Chris Alheit in Swartland. So, a first-class education. Alice’s younger brother Pierre is also making a mark on the viticulture side. Both grow and make their own wine in the portfolio; Alice with Les Grillonnières and Pierre with the domaine’s newest single site cuvée, Les Epinays. These wines are offered below. If we were François, we might be looking over our shoulder; the kids are doing a marvellous job! Then, the family continues investing in the super-hip Wineglobes: François appreciates the drawn-out fermentations and precision these glass vessels afford.

Les Grillonnières is a tiny parcel of 120-year-old vines farmed and bottled by François and Manuéla Chidaine’s eldest child, Alice Chidaine. Following her studies, Alice knocked up some work experience with Dagueneau and Clos Rougeard as well as old-vine Chenin specialist Chris Alheit (in South Africa) before returning home in time for the 2016 vintage. Since 2015, Alice has been cutting her teeth on the classic flint-clay soils of this old-vine Montlouis parcel.

Grape: 100% Chenin Blanc

Organic