Château de Targé, Les Fresnettes, Saumur Blanc, Loire, France 2021

Luscious honeyed aromas mix with notes of wood and drive onto a clean, precise palate. It’s still young but very promising, with vibrant acidity on a long finish giving it a good potential to age. The vines are planted in clay-loam over limestone with the grapes harvested by hand. Fermentation is in a mix of wooden barrels (400 and 480 litres) and small 2000-litre wooden vats using native yeasts and going through malolactic fermentation. The wine is then matured for between nine and 11 months in wood. Château de Targé dates from 1655 and now has 24ha in Parnay in one sole parcel.