Chateau du Hureau Saumur Blanc Argile 2024 050526OFFER whole-bunch pressed and aged 24

whole-bunch pressed and aged 24 months in barrel

creating a wine that feels both classic and wildly contemporary

it constitutes one of the largest biodynamically-farmed estates in Champagne

The wine is elegant and velvety

and bottled with restraint

Chateau du Hureau Saumur Blanc Argile 2024 050526OFFER whole-bunch pressed and aged 24Argile is Hureau's Chenin Blanc from chalky tuffeau soils, and chalk is the whole story here: it gives the wine its taut, mineral spine. Chateau du Hureau is among the top names in Saumur, run by fifth generation vigneron Philippe Vatan and his daughter Agathe, farming parcels around Dampierre sur Loire and Champigny. Argile is blended from a handful of parcels, fermented in tank and aged in a mix of tank and large wood. A serious, dry Loire white.