2023 | Francois Cazin Cour-Cheverny Le Petit Chambord | Loire Anthony & David Girard Scents of hickory smoke and

Scents of hickory smoke and clove lend an almost bacony cast to the ripe black cherry fruit on the nose

immediately offers up concentrated blackcurrant

and sarsaparilla

Ruby red with violet trim

with an opulent palate of ripe fruit and toasted oak

2023 | Francois Cazin Cour-Cheverny Le Petit Chambord | Loire Anthony & David Girard Scents of hickory smoke andThough Cazins quiet rock stardom stems from his Cour Cheverny wines from the more obscure Romorantin grape, it was his Cheverny Blancby law a Sauvignon Chardonnay blend which led importer Joe Dressner to Franoiss wines in the first place at a Loire wine fair twenty five years ago. He grows Sauvignon Rose, a sub variety of Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay, some vines of which are up to forty years old, on clay limestone soils. The organically farmed