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amnspam (Dale Williams) wrote in
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>>I had some 1999 Chinon white about a week ago
>
> Who was the producer? I've never seen a Chinon white. Actually never
> realized there was such a thing. I'm not shocked, there are plenty of
> Loire appelations making red and white (or red and white and rosé).
> Even in appelations I think of as making only one color- think I was a
> white St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil last year.
> Dale
>
> Dale Williams
> Drop "damnspam" to reply

from the label

Les Chesnaies 1999 (my last bottle is a 2000) Chinon mis en bouteille
par Beatrice et Pascal Lambert, vignerons

I am hoping that it was damaged as the first bottle was quite nice and
had a @10USD price point

From the back label (apropos to that thread)

Composition: Contains exclusively Chenin grapes from young vines planted
on limestone hillslopes

Technical notes: The harvest is done only by hand. Fermentation and
ageing in oak barrels.

Winemakers comments: A perfumed nose with lemon tree fruits and honey.
It can be drunk young and chilled between 10 C and 12 C, or it can be
kept to age. It can be served as ans aperitif, or with fish.