2023 | Francois Cazin Cour-Cheverny Le Petit Chambord | Loire Monterrei the 2015 Château Barde-Haut showed

the 2015 Château Barde-Haut showed even better on this occasion than on release

It is fresh while very full-bodied

Vibrant red fruit

Give this a few years in the cellar and it will dance beautifully with anything mushroom or truffle-scented

this aged bottling from a one-acre block above Palo Alto is fascinatingly unique

2023 | Francois Cazin Cour-Cheverny Le Petit Chambord | Loire Monterrei the 2015 Château Barde-Haut showedThough 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