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2022 Vouvray, Le Peu Morier, Domaine Vincent Carême, Loire

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Chenin Blanc
For laying down
Product: 20221264210
2022 Vouvray, Le Peu Morier, Domaine Vincent Carême, Loire

Description

Le Peu Morier 2022 is organic and from 70-year-old vines. It shows lovely yellow fruit, honeysuckle, dry grass, and ground almonds on the nose. It could only be barrel-fermented Chenin! The palate has juicy acidity, creamy texture, and rather more mineral intensity than the nose implies. It beautifully balances the fruity and savoury elements, which reflects the nature of the vineyard, a blend of clay and flint. This is gorgeous already but will age well, too. A Chardonnay this good would be triple the price.

If you are looking for a dry Loire Chenin, that’s perfect for drinking now. This is it. Vincent Carême is an absolute wizard with this variety, and his Le Peu Morier vineyard produces some of the region’s best whites. I love the rich quince fruit and hints of wild honey. You will feel the ripeness of the vintage in the creamy texture, but there’s still so much appetising acidity and a smoky minerality that indeed comes from the flint in this vineyard. This is so delicious now and will comfortably last for another five years. 

Drink 2023 - 2033

Edward Richardson, Private Client Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2022
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Chenin Blanc
Body Full 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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