Savennières, Le Moulin du Gué, Domaine des Forges 2024
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Why this wine
Savennières is Chenin Blanc's most serious dry expression, and Le Moulin du Gué is one of the original plots this family farms. Barrel fermentation, partial malolactic and time on fine lees give it a creamy weight most Loire whites never reach, while the schist underneath keeps it taut.
At a glance
- Grape
- Chenin Blanc
- Region
- Loire Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry & Pork, Seafood, Rich & Creamy Dishes
How it tastes
Green apple and fennel over a creamy, buttery core, with hazelnut and sweet spice behind and the flinty mineral streak that marks Savennières. Dry and medium in weight, rich in texture but pulled straight by high acidity through a refreshing finish. Chenin Blanc 100%.
The producer
Domaine des Forges has been in the same family for five generations, run today by Stéphane Branchereau and his wife Séverine. The estate holds three plots in Savennières, and this wine comes from 1.5 hectares in the cru of Le Moulin du Gué, on the schist and carboniferous soils that mark the finest parcels of the appellation; the schist retains heat and pushes ripening in a cool northern climate, and yields run at 35 hl/ha. The rows are grassed, green-harvested and summer-thinned to expose the fruit, and the harvest is picked in three passes so only the ripest grapes are taken. Each parcel was pressed and settled separately, fermented slowly with selected yeasts in barrel with a partial malolactic conversion to round the palate, and matured on fine lees in 400-litre barrels before a cross-flow filtration that keeps sulphur levels low.
Food and drinking
Serve at 10–12°C. Good with roast chicken, turbot in a butter sauce, slow-cooked pork belly and a mature Comté. Drink over the next five to ten years; half an hour in a decanter opens it up. Sealed under DIAM. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.