2020 Domaine de Belliviere Jasnieres Premices

Natural, minerally Chenin Blanc from masters of biodynamic in the northern reaches of the Loire Valley.

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The Jasnières winemaking region is one of the smallest and most-northerly parts of the Loire Valley, bordering Maine, Anjou and Touraine. It's here that Christine and Eric Nicolas (natural winemakers and biodynamic farming pioneers) make their minerally, lo-fi Chenin Blanc.

Since conversion to full biodynamic, the Prémices bottling has been a barrel selection of the couple's most fruit-forward Chenin parcels, but one that still retains their characteristic minerally crispiness. Grapes are hand-picked and fermented in old oak barrels with wild yeasts. Ten months of ageing in used oak adds texture, and minimal sulphur is used along the way.

A wine full of terroir and personality, and the most approachable of the Belliviere range.

Prémices is Bellivière's opening Chenin Blanc, a Jasnières which was originally made from fruit from vines in conversion to biodynamic farming after Eric and Christine Nicolas's aquisition of the Bellivière estate. Since the whole estate is now fully converted to biodynamics, Prémices has evolved into being a barrel selection of the most fruit-forward of the Jasnières--so it remains the first release and the most approachable and straightforward in its youth. The fruit comes from a range of estate parcels on flinty clay soils over tuffeau (limestone). It is harvested manually, direct-pressed and fermented in barrel with native yeasts and minimal sulfur; it is aged an average of 10 months in used barrels. Enticing aromas of white peach, pear, lime-flower and wet stone; the palate is very mineral and crisp with firm acidity with white and yellow fruits and a beautiful tender yet stony finish. This is the furthest North outpost of the Loire and there is nice tension.

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