Jack Petras

9.1

Had this 2025 on a hike with cheese and a pear was one of the easiest drinking Sancerre’s I can recall , nothing complex just inviting crisp orchard fruit with a drop of lemon with softer edges while remaining taut. Mid price too at around $44. — 16 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

Candied red fruit and clementine, flower potpourri, juicy with a stony undertone — 7 months ago

Freddy R. Troya

9.0

Château de Fesles – La Chapelle Vieilles Vignes Chenin Sec 2010. Anjou, Loire Valley – France 🇫🇷

Overview
A limited-edition bottling from one of Anjou’s most historic estates, this Chenin Blanc comes from old vines (“vieilles vignes”) rooted in schist soils surrounding the chapel of the domaine. Château de Fesles is renowned for producing some of the Loire’s most age-worthy Chenins, and this 2010 shows just how gracefully the grape can evolve.

Aromas & Flavors
Complex layers of baked quince, dried apricot, acacia honey, chamomile, and lanolin, underpinned by beeswax and a mineral flintiness. Secondary notes of almond and brioche hint at its decade-plus of bottle age.

Mouthfeel
Dry (“sec”) yet textured, with a medium+ body, bright acidity still intact, and a long, savory finish. The balance between freshness and maturity is remarkable, showing both vitality and evolution.

Winemaking Notes
Fermented in oak and matured patiently, with low yields from old vines contributing depth and concentration. Loire Chenin’s natural high acidity is what makes wines like this so age-defiant.

Food Pairing
Perfect alongside roasted chicken with herbs, veal in cream sauce, or rich seafood like lobster and scallops. A natural match also for aged goat cheese (think Valençay or Crottin de Chavignol).

Verdict
A stunning example of aged Loire Chenin Blanc: vibrant, layered, and endlessly complex. Proof of why Anjou and Loire whites belong among the world’s most cellar-worthy wines. — a year ago

Kathi

10

Highly recommend. Refreshing. Light, better than a pinot grigio which I never thought I would say. — 6 years ago

JKT

8.9

Screwed cap so thought better drink it. Grassy nose but balanced with stones and white fruits. Good balanced acidic lively palate and long finish. Went well with fried salted mackerel. Uni also. — 8 years ago

Jeff Natland

9.6

One of my all time favorite cab sauv blends — 9 years ago

Andrew Turner

9.3

Reona gave 9.0 — 3 months ago

Robert Torretti

9.3

Great Rosé with body, flavor and color. — 5 months ago

Dave

9.2

This has integrated quite a bit since last spring. Acidity is in check, and tannins are at a pleasant place. Good red fruit, blood orange, a little spice. It's now or never.
Listening to Grateful Dead — 8 months ago

Roman Boudou

9.3

Hoogst haalbare qua rosé voor mij (samen met reynaud parisy) — 3 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.2

Stellar. Less ripe than most every other Chavignol Sancerre (ie. Pascal or Francois Cotat) - but true to the varietal and terroir. — 6 years ago

Mike Lev

9.0

Chavignol. Unrivaled cut. Racy. — 8 years ago

Jason Somerville

8.9

Lovely. Soft lemons. Lemon gelato. — 9 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

After my cat pee NZ wine last week, I needed reassurance. This is reassuring. Gorgeous nose of gooseberry and crushed limestone. Only a faintly herbal whiff, at a level that adds complexity. Minerally and intense in the mouth. Soft-textured. Just enough acidity to keep it fresh. Bone dry, and the slightest bitterish note in the tail end. Love it. — 3 months ago

Jonathan Liu

9.3

bright, a bit lemony, ethereal — 7 months ago

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Tom Casagrande

9.3

This Chavignol-based cuvée is very deep. Nose has just-ripe orchard fruit, with a fleeting tropical suggestion, an herbal/minty note, and a deep mineral stank, almost feral in nature. Deeply flavored too, it’s bone dry and full bodied, and while there’s an up-front bit of fruit, the huge minerality quickly takes charge. Medium acids. Another Chavignol geology seminar in a glass. — a year ago

Kevin Barry

9.2

Great with southern foods — 5 years ago

Vincent Piquard

9.1

Un très joli rosé sur les agrumes et en finesse un vrai plaisir — 7 years ago

Kanta Matsumura

9.4

Absolute stunner. 100% Cabernets Flan. Green pepper with a hint of vanilla. Goes extremely well with Blue des Gex or Crottin de chavignol fermier. — 8 years ago

Lindsey King

9.1

It is wine, it is red, it comes in a bottle most of the time. You usually drink this one in a glass. It has aromas and flavours and mouthfeels. It makes you feel a bit nice and as though your jokes are really good, even by your own high standards. 🍒☕️🍂 — 9 years ago