Les Athletes du Vin Chenin Blanc 2023 CS20230713 or as the foundation for

or as the foundation for a sophisticated cocktail

The name honors a ruined stone hut where old goatherds once sheltered

then aging in a mix of new and neutral oak plus stainless

with a touch of Carignane folded in for grip

or build a martini

Les Athletes du Vin Chenin Blanc 2023 CS20230713 or as the foundation forLes Athletes du Vin began as the answer to a nice problem: what do you do with the leftover grapes after a good Loire harvest? A collective of Loire vignerons called Vini Be Good gathers organically farmed fruit from a lineup of grower friends and turns it into honest, affordable bottles, each wearing Michel Tolmer's playful artwork. This is Chenin Blanc, the Loire's great white grape, kept bright and direct: fermented in steel, dry, with no oak in