91 points, Wine Spectator
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91 points, Wine Enthusiast
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About the Wine
Critic Reviews
91 points, Wine Enthusiast
91 points, Wine Spectator
“This ripe wine, with its yellow fruits, medium- sweet character, and a touch of honey, is balanced and freshened vividly by acidity. The wine has a fine future, so drink from 2024.”
91 points, Wine Spectator
“An off-dry style that carries its richness well, with a saline spine of minerals providing a firm ballast for poached pear, quince, and honeyed apple notes infused with warm spice. Ripe and decadent, yet still racy and refined. Drink now through 2028. Eighteen thousand cases made, 200 cases imported.”
About The Winery
Jean-Claude Pichot's family is one of the oldest in Vouvray, with origins as viticulturists and restaurateurs dating back to 1739. The family cellars are located in the charming village of Vouvray, in caverns hewn from the rolling hills which were once quarried to provide stone to construct the grand châteaux of the Loire. Domaine Pichot was established in 1996, uniting the three historic vineyards of the family: Coteau de la Biche, Le Peu de la Moriette, and Le Marigny. The 60 acres of vineyards are all in Vouvray, six miles east of Tours on the right bank of the Loire River. The vines are thirty years old on average and are all of the Chenin Blanc variety. In an era when most Vouvray wines are bottled by ne´gotiants, the stylish wines of the Pichot family continue to show the perfumed elegance of Chenin Blanc and are authentic expressions of a particular terrain, climate, cellar, and the winemaker's art.
