Chateau de Bois-Brincon, Anjou Blanc Le Clos Des Cosses Monopole, 2022 2025Reasonable Drink now or over the

Drink now or over the next dozen years

The vines sit on classic clay-limestone hillside soils just northwest of the village

the white companion to the Cabernet that famously placed in the red-wine flight at the 1976 Judgment of Paris (and went on to top the same field in the 30th-anniversary re-tasting)

Cool-climate Chardonnay from a genuinely singular place

a fresher and more elegant Burgundy vintage than the warm years around it

Chateau de Bois-Brincon, Anjou Blanc Le Clos Des Cosses Monopole, 2022 2025Reasonable Drink now or over theChteau de Bois Brincon is a remarkable piece of Loire history, an estate founded in 1219 and farmed by the Cailleau family, who converted the entire 800 year old property to biodynamics. Le Clos des Cosses is a single vineyard monopole of 100% Chenin Blanc grown on rare fossil rich marl, hand harvested, whole bunch pressed, and aged in large wood and barrel. The 2022 is a serious, terroir driven dry Anjou Blanc with the energy and depth Chenin lovers