Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 warre-s crafted from low-yielding

crafted from low-yielding

With Tom McCarthy now playing a more prominent role in the day-to-day running of things chez Quealy

A Chardonnay striving to be individual

Very fruity

complex finish with fine

Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 warre-s crafted from low-yieldingChidaines 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