Marie Thibault Touraine Premier Nez 2021 051426OFFER But they are so rare

But they are so rare they are practically novelties

Philippe Collotte has been doing exactly that since 1981

FINISHA decadently slow finish and warm reprise of sweet oak

The fruit comes from old vines on limestone in Alsace

Marie Thibault Touraine Premier Nez 2021 051426OFFER But they are so rareMarie Thibault traded a research career in biology and oenology for a 3. 5 hectare parcel in Azay le Rideau, one of the Touraine's quietest corners. She trained under Francois Chidaine in Montlouis, where she fell hard for Chenin Blanc, and her own farming has been certified organic since 2014. Premier Nez is her flagship Chenin old vines on white clay and silex, aged mostly in old barriques with a touch of clay amphora. The 2021 is bone dry, mineral,