Chateau de la Roche en Loire Chenin Blanc ‘Cuvée Colette’ Amphora 2020
$65.00 inc. GST
AROMA: Peach and spice, and green iced tea complexities; a pure feeling of clean fruit.
PALATE: It’s a glossy and nutty ride of flavour, a little warm, quite umami with a seaweed and mushroom flavour, samphire, lemon zest and salted peach, some chalky chew, with a bold finish of good length. So salty and mineral. Bold Chenin. Curious, but good.
FOOD MATCH: Roast Chicken and green olive tapenade.
Grape Variety: Chenin Blanc
Drinking window: 2025-2035
Alc. 13, 00%
168 in stock
Description
Château de la Roche en Loire is a small, family-run estate in the Touraine near Azay-le-Rideau, producing a range of Loire Valley wines from a site bordered by forest and overlooking the Loire and Indre valleys. The domaine has practiced organic and biodynamic viticulture for many years, emphasising low-intervention farming and a living, balanced vineyard ecosystem. Vineyards sit on mixed soils of clay, sand and flint (small stones), which contribute to a distinctive mineral character in the wines and suit varieties like Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc.
Winemaking blends traditional and modern techniques: careful hand-harvest, pneumatic pressing and measured oak use; the range includes dry whites, rouges and textural cuvées, some finished in amphora or large oak for texture and ageability.
Additional Information
| Brand | Chateau de la Roche en Loire |
|---|---|
| size | 750ml |
| vintage | 2020 |
| biodynamic | Certified |
Reviews / Ratings / Awards
The Winefront
Chateau de la Roche en Loire Chenin Blanc ‘Cuvée Colette’ Amphora 2020 – 93 / 100 Points
Bruised apple, marzipan, nutty and minty, slippery peach, saline and savoury. It’s a glossy and nutty ride of flavour, a little warm, quite umami with a seaweed and mushroom flavour, samphire, lemon zest and salted peach, some chalky chew, with a bold finish of good length. So salty and mineral. Bold Chenin. Curious, but good.
– Gary Walsh
