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Francois Pinon, Vouvray Silex Noir, 2025

White Wine from Loire, France
by Francois Pinon
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Named for its soil: silex noir, the rare black flint found in one tiny corner of the Vallée de Cousse, which warms early and ripens Chenin fast. The Pinons farm two parcels totaling 3.7 hectares there, average vine age around 45 years, certified organic since 2007, on a south-southeast slope. The wine is pressed whole-bunch and left to ferment spontaneously in underground tanks for two or three months, stopping naturally when the cold cellar says so, then rests on fine lees in old 500-liter demi-muids and 20-hectoliter foudres. That means it lands on the gently off-dry side of Vouvray, with the flint doing the work that sugar can't: smoke, stone and a taut acid line. François Pinon died in 2021 and his son Julien now runs the domaine, working exactly as before. This is a young 2025 — give it air, and it will reward a decade in the cellar.

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More about Francois Pinon

Few estates show off the sheer range of Vouvray as well as the Pinons': dry, off-dry, sweet and sparkling Chenin Blanc, each made to show what the vintage and the soil gave rather than to fit a house formula.

The domaine sits in the Vallée de Cousse, a side valley of Vouvray whose vineyards climb from the valley floor to the plateau, with clay, flint and silica over the region's tuffeau limestone. François Pinon trained as a psychologist and worked as a child psychologist in Tours before coming home in the 1980s to work alongside his father, Claude; the domaine was his from 1987. He farmed organically from the outset and became one of the quiet reference points of the appellation. He died suddenly in January 2021, and his son Julien, who had left a career as an urban planner to work beside him, now runs the estate in the same spirit.

The Pinons bottle by soil: Les Trois Argiles from clay, Silex Noir from black flint, and the drier Déronnières from a plateau site, plus a Vouvray Sec, sparkling wines from younger vines, and moelleux in years when noble rot allows. Grapes are hand-picked and fermented with native yeasts. Expect pure, finely balanced Chenin with real acidity and a long life ahead of it.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chenin Blanc

  • Vintage

    2025

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Off-Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Perfect Pairings

Roast chicken with tarragon, pork belly, seared scallops, mild Thai curry, Comté, or a fresh goat cheese.

Tasting Profile

Green apple, pear skin and citrus peel over crushed stone and woodsmoke. Medium-bodied with an electric line of acidity; a touch of sweetness on the palate, finishing dry and mineral.

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