Clau de Nell

Chenin Blanc, Val de Loire IGP

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Clau de Nell
Chenin Blanc, Val de Loire IGP — 2020

Wine Enthusiast
95

“Chenin Blanc was meant to be this good. Gold in color, this wine has an alluring nose of candied golden apple, quince, baked pear, honey and orange marmalade. Creamy in texture, this biodynamic wine is fulsome and curvaceous with a generous midpalate that salons in plump, rich fruit.”

Reggie Solomon, April 2024
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Clau de Nell
Chenin Blanc, Val de Loire IGP — 2020

Vinous
90

'"The 2020 Chenin Blanc is rich, full and concentrated with very ripe flavors of peach and tropical-like fruit including mango meeting well-integrated vanilla and oak-derived flavors. The wine's fullness and supple texture as well as rounded shoulders have been shaped by fermentation in barrel as well as 12 months resting on lees. But it isn't blowsy, while maintaining focus. There is a little niggle in that the alcohol (14.5%) gives a warming sensation, somewhat kicking out the balance and clipping the finish, otherwise the score would be higher. An ambitious, carefully made wine"

Rebecca Gibb MW, October 2023
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Clau de Nell
Chenin Blanc, Val de Loire IGP — 2020

Wine Spectator
92 Points

"This elegant, distinctive wine brings together apple, spice, salt and earth elements. Broad and open on the palate, with pie crust and salted browned butter. Builds in chalky mineral energy, bringing poise and balance. Shows impressive range and tension, with a pronounced saline theme resounding through the medium-length finish."

Kristen Bieler, August 2023
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