Marie Thibault Touraine Premier Nez 2021 051426OFFER Crafted from Sauvignon Blanc grapes

Crafted from Sauvignon Blanc grapes grown in the region's distinctive terroirs

FINISHA decadently slow finish and warm reprise of sweet oak

But they are so rare they are practically novelties

​Age of the Agave plant 16 to 18 years

Philippe Collotte has been doing exactly that since 1981

Marie Thibault Touraine Premier Nez 2021 051426OFFER Crafted from Sauvignon Blanc grapesMarie Thibault traded a research career in biology and oenology for a 3. 5 hectare parcel in Azay le Rideau, one of the Touraine's quietest corners. She trained under Francois Chidaine in Montlouis, where she fell hard for Chenin Blanc, and her own farming has been certified organic since 2014. Premier Nez is her flagship Chenin old vines on white clay and silex, aged mostly in old barriques with a touch of clay amphora. The 2021 is bone dry, mineral,