Clos de l'Ecotard, Le Clos, 2019 LWT3 Chante Cigale’s 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape is

Chante Cigale’s 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape is everything you want in a great southern Rhône red—rich Grenache fruit

unfiltered character

This is a revival grape (rescued by Gerovassiliou) in the hands of a family that has championed it in Tyrnavos

No oak and minimal intervention highlight the grape’s natural acidity and orchard fruit character

Clos de l'Ecotard, Le Clos, 2019 LWT3 Chante Cigale’s 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape isWhat is this wine? Clos de lcotards Le Clos 2019 is a dry Chenin Blanc from Saumur in the central Loire Valley, produced by winemakers Emmanuel Ogereau and Thomas Berthelot. The estate farms biodynamically on limestone rich tuffeau soils, and Le Clos comes from a walled vineyard near Brzan area famed for its intensely mineral, structured Chenins. Fermented with native yeasts and aged on lees in large oak barrels, its a textured yet finely etched