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2017 Chignin “Vieilles Vignes”

A. & M. Quenard
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Savoie is an excellent region to consider when looking for crisp summer whites: its Alpine vineyards, hugging imposing mountain façades along the France-Switzerland border, are home to local grapes like Jacquère that deliver unparalleled refreshment with low alcohol content. The village of Chignin represents one of the top sites for Jacquère, which takes on an intensely mineral expression in these “soils” of limestone scree—rocks that have broken off the mountain over millions of years of erosion. This is particularly true for this cuvée from seventy-year-old vines that have set their roots deep into this stony pile of rubble. The nose is delightfully fruity with nectarine, peach, and citrus, along with a talc-like dusting of minerals. On the palate, you’ll find the same succulent fruit backed by bright acidity and a cool-climate snappiness as pure as melted snow. Few things are more satisfying as an apéritif as a chilled glass of this Alpine elixir.

Anthony Lynch


Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2018
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: Jacquère
Appellation: Vin de Savoie
Country: France
Region: Savoie
Producer: André & Michel Quenard
Vineyard: 4 ha, 70+ years
Soil: Limestone scree
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 11%

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Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171