2024 Hauts Baigneux Le Chenin

Loire Valley natives Nicolas Grosbois and Philippe Mesnier are the two young and talented vignerons behind Domaine des Hauts Baigneux. In 2012, the pair purchased 13 hectares in the underrated commune of Azay-le-Rideau, a sub-region of Touraine, just east of Chinon.

The silex (flint) soils of this region are ideal for Chenin Blanc, and the duo's Blanc Chenin is truly a mesmerizing bottle of white wine. Produced from two old sites, one planted in the 1950's and the other in the early 1990's, the finished wine is powerful, complex, and while totally delicious now, it will age and improve over the next decade.