Le Rocher des Violettes Montlouis Petillant Originel, Loire, France 2019 Chateau Mauvesin Barton produced from their five hectares

produced from their five hectares of dry-farmed vines that were planted between 2006 and 2010 in the village of Las Dichas in Casablanca

still locked

with tons of fruit intensity but none of the harder edges that have characterized some previous vintages

flowery and slightly reductive at first

This cuvée from Terre de L'Elu is a crystal wine of great aromatic purity

Le Rocher des Violettes Montlouis Petillant Originel, Loire, France 2019 Chateau Mauvesin Barton produced from their five hectaresA mid gold hue, with abundant pastry notes, honeysuckle, orange balm and oatmeal accents, pointing toward a fuller weighted, very ripe and ambitious Mountlouis fizz. A warm year. This is a commune that has strutted past Vouvray on the opposite side of the Loire, and is today responsible for a good swag of the most exciting white wine producers in the region, if not the world. The wine finishes textural and bright, marked by chenin's lanolin, tarte