Vin Sec
An off-dry white wine from Loire Valley (France) with fresh and delicate fruit aromas. With a delicate balance of acidity, minerality, and fruitiness, this wine is dry and crisp, yet still full of flavor and complexity. A perfect partner with grilled fish, white meats, shellfish, roasted vegetables, and oriental foods.
Grape Variety / Blend: chenin blanc
Winery / Estate: Domaine Champalou
An off-dry white wine from Loire Valley (France) with fresh and delicate fruit aromas. A perfect partner with grilled fish and white meats, shellfish, roasted vegetables and oriental food.
| Product-Type: | Wine |
| Type: | white |
| Price Point: | 1,501 to 2,000 |
| Style: | Off-Dry |
| Vintage: | 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 |
| Blend/Grape Variety: | chenin blanc |
| Volume: | 750 ml |
| Alcohol: | 12.50% |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Loire Valley |
| Estate: | Domaine Champalou |
| Appellation: | AOC Vouvray |
| Fermentation: | Natural |
| Wine-Making Process: | Sustainable |
| FOOD PAIRING: POULTRY / PORK / VEAL: | Pan seared |
| FOOD PAIRING: SHELLFISH & OTHER CRUSTACEANS: | Pan fried |
| FOOD PAIRING: FISH: | Deepfried Seared |
| FOOD PAIRING: CHEESES: | Soft Creamy Cheeses (Cow, Sheep, Goat) |
| FOOD PAIRING: OTHER CUISINES OF THE WORLD: | Chinese Filipino |
Winery
Catherine and Didier Champalou both came from vigneron families, yet their mutual sense of independence prompted the couple to brave it on their own right after completing viticultural school in Saumur.Vouvray is home to the noble Chenin Blanc, more commonly known as Pineau de la Loire in their part of the world.
The Champalou family farms twenty-one hectares of vineyards on clay, limestone, and siliceous soils. They embrace sustainable farming while also integrating the use of the lunar calendar more traditionally associated with organic viticulture. The soils in their vineyards are rich, deep, and aerated though regular plowing. Cover crops are planted in between vineyard rows to help with excess water absorption and to encourage microbiotic activity in the soil. The Champalou house style produces wines of great elegance and tenderness, highly aromatic with impeccable balance.