Jasnières 75cl
100% Chenin
Clos Saint Jacques - Domaine Gigou 2023
Organic Agriculture
A note from Cave de France: Dry and tender, this beautiful Clos Saint Jacques will accompany fish, white meats, and various cheeses. We appreciate its mineral notes, its aromas of fresh mushroom and undergrowth, its typicality, and its originality.
To reiterate my more general point about Jasnières:
One will forgive my impossible impartiality, so personally attached am I to this Sarthe terroir, the "northernmost vineyard of the Loire" (along with the Orléanais), where I grew up. As a child, I heard Jasnières spoken of as a local pride, to be ranked among departmental glories such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rillettes, Loué Chickens, or even Mutuelles! At the time, however, some tight-laced individuals did not share this opinion, no one is a prophet in their own country, as they say... Yet, since the 1970s, things have changed considerably, and Jasnières has regained the place that good King Henry IV once bestowed upon it: a high-quality wine, served on the finest tables, praised by gastronomic critics who see in it an authentic nectar, having not succumbed to the steamroller of standardization.