2023 Maison Jaune Savennieres, Loire, France Alvaro Castro Grapes: 50% Chardonnay and 50%

Grapes: 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Nero

Bedrock of limestone with layers of pink sandstone

adjacent to Clos des Ducs

The climate here is much cooler than the Danube river area

The other half of the grapes were whole cluster pressed the day of

2023 Maison Jaune Savennieres, Loire, France Alvaro Castro Grapes: 50% Chardonnay and 50%From one of Savennires most artisanal voices, Maison Jaune was founded in 2013 by Jean Claude Taddei and his wife Lorine as a tiny garagiste project on a single hectare of schist soils in Bouchemaine above the Loire. Taddei a former professor in Angers farms biodynamically and with a Fukuoka inspired minimal intervention ethos, foregoing tilling and embracing natural biodiversity in the vineyard while maintaining organic certification and ultra low