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2021 Vouvray, Sec, Domaine Vincent Carême, Loire

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Chenin Blanc
Ready, but will improve
Product: 20211368237
2021 Vouvray, Sec, Domaine Vincent Carême, Loire

Description

Vincent and Tania Carême’s Vouvray Sec is always a benchmark for the appellation and after a succession of warmer, riper vintages, 2021 represents a return to a more classical style. The nose has hallmark notes of green apple, wet wool and crushed chalk, while the palate is crisp, clean and nervy with a keen thread of acidity that builds from the start. That brightness, alongside precise orchard fruit, builds through the palate to give a wonderfully moreish, food-friendly wine. This is a versatile wine which would pair well with seafood, cheeses and roast white meat.

Drink 2024 - 2030

Adam Bruntlett, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Chenin Blanc
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Vincent Carême

About this wine

Chenin Blanc

Chenin Blanc is an important white grape variety planted in the Anjou-Saumur and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley and the most widely planted varietal grape in South Africa. In the Loire it produces high quality dry wines in Savenniéres, and luscious sweet, dessert wines in Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume. In Vouvray and Montlouis it can be dry, medium dry, or sweet, and still or sparkling. Whether dry or sweet, the best Loire Chenin Blancs possess marvellously concentrated rich, honeyed fruit together with refreshingly vibrant acidity. It is Chenin Blanc's high acidity that enable the wines to age so well.
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Vincent Carême

Vincent Carême is a leading light of the Vouvray appellation who set up his domaine from scratch in 1999. His is not a family business – his parents are cereal farmers – but his rise to prominence has been nothing short of meteoric. A pioneer of organic viticulture in the Loire, he teaches at the Lycée Viticole in Amboise and acts as a mentor to many younger growers in the region.
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