Montlouis, Clos Mosny
Domaine de la Taille aux Loups

Montlouis, Clos Mosny


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vintage


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2016
75cl
DP
£32.21

2016
6x75cl
DP
£193.22

2019
6x75cl
DP
£193.22

2020
75cl
DP
£32.21

2020
6x75cl
DP
£193.22


Domaine de la Taille aux Loups, Montlouis, Clos Mosny, 2016

2016

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Domaine de la Taille aux Loups, Montlouis, Clos Mosny, 2016

More stony and pixelated on the nose than Remus, then lemon verbena and fine herbs and a twist of lemon pith. There’s a succulence and inner tension to this that is still quite wrapped up in fruit, then a gorgeous finish that hints at stones and salt and crushed chalk but also peaches and yellow plums. An historic 12ha vineyard on the plateau of Husseau that Jacky has been helping back to full health over the past 8 years or so. There are multiple parcels in the Clos and only about 12% makes it into the final Cuvée. The wines always carry a little more weight and fruit flesh than the Hauts de Husseau cuvee. Barrel fermented using wild yeasts in primarily old oak barrels.

Maturity:
Drink
ABV:
13.5%

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country:
France

region:
Loire

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Domaine de la Taille aux Loups

Domaine de la Taille aux Loups

In 1988, Jacky Blot set up this Domaine attempting to drag the Montlouis appellation out of the shadows of its neighbour, Vouvray. It was an unequivocal success. Jacky sadly passed away in May 2023, leaving the domain in the talented hands of his son Jean-Philippe, who had been hands on in making the wines for over a decade. Jacky was one of the world’s greatest exponents of the Chenin Blanc variety, his 45 hectares of vines are planted with nothing else. The viticultural philosophy of the domaine centres around working closely with nature; fertilisation is now an extinct practice, chemical treatments are practically non-existent and pruning is radically short, keeping yields down to an average 25 hl/ha. At harvest time picking is by hand, successive tris are undertaken and a severe grape selection is carried out. The wines are then vinified in Bordeaux barriques, both new and old (depending on the particular cuvée) in cool rock-hewn cellars. In Taille aux Loups Jacky has created a domaine that clearly demonstrates the potential Chenin has for producing some of the world’s greatest, and longest lived white wines.

The Taille aux Loups philosophy is to eschew malo-lactic fermentation in all the cuvees, giving these wines a wonderfully racy, precise clear cut feel. It equips them well for long ageing in bottle. Fermentation and elevage is carried out in barriques and all the cuvees receive the same oak treatment: 20% new, then equal parts one, two, three and four years old barriques.

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