Thierry Chardons Touraine Blanc 2020

100% Sauvignon Blanc

Touraine, Loire, France 

Husband and wife team, Thierry and Sophie Chardon, founded their estate in 1996 in the village of Couffy on the Cher river, near the Clos Roche Blanche. Thierry came from a family of winemakers but, after his father was forced to sell his vineyards, decided to become a firefighter instead. Years later, Touraine and family history drew them back and he and Sophie began a winemaking estate of their own. They converted to organic farming and winemaking practices in 2007.

The 2020 shows a typical nose full of lemon and herbaceous aromas. The palate offers notes of juicy grapefruit and herbaceousness coupled with high acidity, stony minerality and a ripe body due to the warm vintage.