Les Deronnieres Vouvray Sec, 2022

Vouvray without the sweetness people expect - properly dry Chenin Blanc off a chalky hilltop, dense and salty rather than lean.

A dry Vouvray from a single hilltop vineyard sitting right above the Pinon family's cellar, on thin clay and flint over soft chalky limestone. Lime flower, dried pear and lemon zest with a wet-stone edge, then a dense, ripe, salty palate and a long finish. Only a gram of sugar in it, so this is Chenin Blanc at its driest, but with real weight to it.