Christine de Mianville, "Dyane" 2022

100% Chenin Blanc from younger vines planted on the 1HA silex hillside in Jasnières where Christine has worked for ~30 years. Hand-harvested, slowly, slowly pressed and gravity-fed to stainless steel tank with an overnight débourbage for spontaneous fermentation (dry). Transferred to barrel for 18 months élevage in neutral barrel. Unfined, unfiltered, no additional SO2. 13%ABV

 Kermit Lynch: 

Christine de Mianville is a Jasnières specialist who handcrafts tiny quantities of profound, textured whites in the Loire’s northernmost outpost for Chenin Blanc. She meticulously farms her single hectare of land organically with the help of her beloved donkeys, Bonnie and Icare, treating her grapes as one would treat precious grand cru fruit from France’s most prestigious sites. Her wines ferment spontaneously to full dryness, a method that makes it possible to bottle unfiltered. The cuvée Dyane captures the pristine fresh fruit Chenin displays from this silex-laden terroir, mirroring the sensation of biting into crisp slices of white peach, nectarine, and guava. Give it a moment to unwind in a carafe before indulging in this spectacular expression of dry Chenin Blanc.