Quarts de Gastines 2021 Languedoc dry and refreshing rather than

dry and refreshing rather than sweet

This balance allowed excellent phenolic development while preserving energy and tension in the wines

Made from Gamay grown on granitic soils

a whisper of mocha

Quarts de Gastines 2021 Languedoc dry and refreshing rather thanQuarts de Gastines is one of Pierre Mnard's dry Chenin parcels in Faye d'Anjou, in the old heart of the Coteaux du Layon. The vines are a study in patience: gnarled, goblet trained old Chenin with no trellis to lean on, plus a younger patch, digging into grey green schist streaked with phtanite. Pierre trained as an agricultural engineer and learned in cellars from Chteau Latour to Tokaj before coming home in 2013 to farm this by hand, treating the