Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 chateau-maris Winter weather was unusual from

Winter weather was unusual from the very beginning of the season

and a beautiful lingering finish

shepherd’s pie with duck confit

It is made without additions of any kind: sulphur (preservative)

Domaine François Chidaine Touraine Rosé 2024 chateau-maris Winter weather was unusual fromChidaines juicy, full flavoured dry ros is predominantly Grolleau (70%), with the remainder Pinot Noir and Gamay. As with the Sauvignon above, the vines are rooted in the flint, clay and limestone soils of the Cher Valley between Tours and Orlans. Chidaine has little interest in copying the pale (or pallid?) Ctes de Provence model, so here the grapes are picked ripe and undergo a fair measure of skin contact before pressing and aging on lees in