Le Fief Noir Anjou Cartelles 2022 EGLY24 including Durant

including Durant

Silky tannins

looking down on the Garonne

focused edge

and it's vintage-dated and rested a minimum of two years on the lees

Le Fief Noir Anjou Cartelles 2022 EGLY24 including DurantChenin Blanc from the 'Anjou Noir'named for the black schist rock that defines this corner of the Loire Valley. Le Fief Noir (meaning 'the black plot') was established in 2014 by Dominique Sirot and Alexis Soulas, who met in Corsica and searched dozens of estates before settling in Saint Lambert du Lattay. Cartelles is a single vineyard cuve from soils of white sand and quartz over schist, aged 80% in stoneware jars (an unusual choice that preserves