Le Fief Noir Anjou Cartelles 2022 060526OFFER The low dosage highlights its

The low dosage highlights its purity and tension

and they are the reason a Santenay can carry the concentration and detail you would expect from more famous villages up the road

personal project well worth paying attention to

It rests close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims

Not very oaky

Le Fief Noir Anjou Cartelles 2022 060526OFFER The low dosage highlights itsChenin Blanc from the 'Anjou Noir'named for the black schist rock that defines this corner of the Loire Valley. Le Fief Noir (meaning 'the black plot') was established in 2014 by Dominique Sirot and Alexis Soulas, who met in Corsica and searched dozens of estates before settling in Saint Lambert du Lattay. Cartelles is a single vineyard cuve from soils of white sand and quartz over schist, aged 80% in stoneware jars (an unusual choice that preserves