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Domaine aux Moines, Savennieres Roche aux Moines, 2024

White Wine from Loire, France
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Domaine aux Moines farms more than half of an entire appellation: 12 of the 22 hectares that make up Savennières-Roche aux Moines, on south- and southwest-facing hillsides that border the famous Coulée de Serrant. This is the estate's older-vine, age-demanding dry Chenin Blanc (the younger vines go into a separate cuvée, Le Berceau des Fées), so it's the bottle that shows best what this small corner of Anjou, on the hills above the Loire just south of Angers, can do. The name dates back to the monks ("moines") of the Abbaye de St Nicolas, who tended vines here in the Middle Ages. Monique Laroche founded the modern estate, and her daughter Tessa runs it today. The work is slow and old-fashioned in the best way: certified organic since 2011, with yields often below the appellation's already strict cap of 30 hl/ha. The house usually ages most of its wine in tank, with the rest in mostly used casks, so the site does the talking rather than the oak. The estate's wines drink well young and can easily age 20 years or more, which makes a 2024 a good one to buy now and come back to later.

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More about Aux Moines

In Anjou, Monique Laroche and daughter Tessa tend a nearly-century-old Cabernet Franc vineyard blended with 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is Loire Cabernet Franc without the fussiness—structured, direct, the kind of wine that makes sense with food and asks nothing of you but an open mind. Farm-family reliability meets age-worthy depth.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chenin Blanc

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Crisp

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Varietals
Chenin Blanc
Biodynamic
Practicing
Vineyard
9.6 hectares of Chenin blanc grown on hillsides along the Loire River.
Orientation
South and southwest facing
Soil
Schist with sandstone and clay
Viticulture
Yields are kept extremely low, usually around 30 h/h, and all work is done by hand including the harvest which occurs slowly over a few weeks (5-6 "tries" or pickings).
Vinification
Fermented with indigenous yeasts in tank.
Aging
Aged in a combo of tank and cask (220 and 400-liter, mostly used), with usually 65-75% tank and the rest wood.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Loire pike-perch or sole with beurre blanc; seared scallops with brown butter; roast chicken with morels and cream; pork rillettes with cornichons; aged Comté or a firm goat cheese like Sainte-Maure.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic Savennières profile: quince, yellow apple, citrus peel and chamomile, with a beeswax note and a stony, schist-driven minerality. Typically full-textured yet taut, with firm, bracing acidity and little oak influence, finishing dry, long and savoury. Think of a more structured, mineral take on dry Vouvray, built to age and often more expressive with time in bottle.

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