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Review Alain & Christophe Le Capitaine 2023 Vouvray "Les Perrieres" Sec, Loire Valley

Alain & Christophe Le Capitaine 2023 Vouvray "Les Perrieres" Sec, Loire Valley

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How richly textured and brimming with ripe stone fruit, how the tuffeau soils, (porous limestone) add a beautifully balanced minerality, and how there is a faint note of white button mushroom way in the back, a reminder of the history of that place.
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Brothers Alain and Christophe Le Capitaine farm and make their family wines in Vouvray which is in the northern part of the Touraine district in the Loire Valley. They grow exclusively Chenin Blanc, (all that is permitted in Vouvray) and have been farming organically since 2008. My first visit to the domaine I was in awe of their caves, once used to grow mushrooms, the cool, damp conditions ideal for spongy little fungi, as well as long term aging of their Chenin Blanc. These caves not only housed their wines, they have tunnels that run underground that the people once used to travel during harsh weather. They had the caves open until a few years ago when they noticed that some of their bottles were being pinched by local teenagers, so they had to close them to the public, but the caves still run for miles under the city. I was truly impressed with the cellar and caves but, it was the wines that truly dazzled me.

We tasted this current vintage of Le Capitaine’s Vouvray Sec as a team this time. We all sat around the table in the tasting room with importer Aline Thiebaut and one by one, by one we all behaved like those buyers at the Alain’s kitchen table, taking deep sniffs, muttering to ourselves and emoting over just how much power and flavor there is here. How richly textured and brimming with ripe stone fruit, how the tuffeau soils, (porous limestone) add a beautifully balanced minerality, and how there is a faint note of white button mushroom way in the back, a reminder of the history of that place coming through in the wines. A crave inducing dry white wine from France, with all of this going on and we get to share it with you for $20? We ordered ten cases on the spot and Randy is already asking if there is more to get. As we start thinking about spring this dry Chenin Blanc is a glorious segue from full red into brighter flavored whites, but ones with some weight and stain on the palate.

 

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