{"product_id":"domaine-francois-chidaine-les-choisilles-sec-montlouis-sur-loire-2023","title":"Domaine François Chidaine 'Les Choisilles' Sec Montlouis Sur Loire, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wine is 100% Chenin Blanc. Domaine François Chidaine’s Les Choisilles 2023 is a beautifully poised dry Chenin Blanc from Montlouis-sur-Loire, combining ripe white peach, pear, citrus and quince with delicate floral notes and a distinctive flinty, chalky minerality. The palate is generous and textured yet remarkably fresh, with fine acidity providing lift and energy through a long, saline finish marked by citrus zest and a subtle savory bitterness. Its combination of breadth, tension and mineral precision makes it particularly versatile at the table: try it with seared scallops with brown butter, roast chicken, lobster or other shellfish, grilled or sauced white fish, or a mature Loire goat cheese such as Sainte-Maure. What sets Les Choisilles apart within the Domaine François Chidaine range is its greater breadth and depth while retaining Chidaine’s hallmark mineral tension; it is an estate blend from older Chenin vines, roughly 30 to 90 years old, grown on flint-rich clay over tuffeau, and its fruit is harvested somewhat later for additional ripeness before being fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on the lees in large demi-muids. The result is a wine that sits between the domaine’s more overtly linear, mineral expressions and its richer, more textural cuvées: fuller and more layered than a simple mineral-driven Loire white, but still unmistakably dry, vibrant and terroir-focused.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slocum \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48613648564465,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/5683\/2053\/files\/IMG_6718.heic?v=1787248821","url":"https:\/\/thewiseolddog.com\/products\/domaine-francois-chidaine-les-choisilles-sec-montlouis-sur-loire-2023","provider":"The Wise Old Dog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}