{"title":"Domaine aux Moines","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"domaine-aux-moines-savennieres-roche-aux-moines-2022","title":"Domaine aux Moines Savennières Roche aux Moines 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eHuge and mineral white Loire! 100% Chenin Blanc from the small legendary hill Roche aux Moines. Location and soil conditions do not get more optimal for Chenin Blanc than here. This is top Savennieres! It is young, but opens up nicely with floral notes, stone fruits, beeswax and stone. The taste is razor sharp, in great balance and with enormous mineral length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur latest scoop in the Loire. Tessa Laroche from the woman behind Domaine Aux Moines, which is now certified organic, but in practice the cultivation is biodynamic. They own 12 hectares, all in the microscopic appellation Savennieres Roche aux Moines, whose soil has a high content of green\/small slate, sandstone and rhyolite. The vinification is completely old school, everything is harvested by hand and only the healthiest grapes reach the winery. Fermentation takes place spontaneously in steel tanks, the wines are aged for 12 months on the yeast residues in used French oak barrels, and in the bottle for 6 months before release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe at 10-12 degrees in large Burgundy glasses. Decant for 1 hour, this wine benefits from air. It is a food-friendly wine that can handle all seafood, fatty fish and white meats such as chicken and pork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine aux Moines","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":43769841713261,"sku":"BIB24381-750","price":142.54,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":43775129157741,"sku":"BIB24381-750-6","price":855.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/DOMAINEAUXMOINES_1.jpg?v=1765476652"},{"product_id":"domaine-aux-moines-vin-de-france-le-berceau-des-fees-2023","title":"Domaine aux Moines Vin de France Le Berceau des Fées 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrganic. This delightfully pulpy, dry Chenin Blanc is made from younger vines in Savennières’ prestigious Roche-aux-Moines terroir. The wine takes its name from the copse of trees surrounding the two-hectare parcel—The Cradle of the Fairies. Fermented wild in stainless steel, it is classified as Vin de France, as the wine’s six-month aging is less than is legally required for the Savennières appellation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of the vineyard’s schist soils and Tessa Laroche’s precise, low-sulphur winemaking gives a spritely and delightfully dry Chenin, vibrating with cool orchard fruit and salted-lemon flesh supported by mouthwatering acidity and Savennières’ smoky mineral notes. Unlike the domaine’s grand vin, this cuvée is not designed to cellar more than a few years. This will not present a problem; this uplifting Loire white is already dangerously delicious!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine aux Moines","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":43769841746029,"sku":"BIB24380-750","price":89.03,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":43775130566765,"sku":"BIB24380-750-6","price":534.16,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/DOMAINE-AUX-MOINES-VIN-DE-FRANCE-LE-BERCEAU-DES-FEES-2023-1024x1024.jpg?v=1765476652"},{"product_id":"domaine-aux-moines-savennieres-roche-aux-moines-2022-1500ml","title":"Domaine aux Moines Savennières Roche-aux-Moines 2022 (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrganic. Chenin Blanc. This small, enigmatic vineyard-cum-appellation on the north bank of the Loire River traces its roots back to the Cistercian monks of the 12th century, who, for good measure, also planted the legendary Coulée de Serrant next door. Its name, The Monks’ Rock, also refers to the schist bedrock and soils littered with volcanic rocks. Tessa Laroche is one of only 12 vignerons to own a parcel in this prestigious vineyard that sits high atop the wider Savennières appellation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wines of Roche-aux-Moines once produced what became a house wine in the court of Napoleon Bonaparte, and today, Tessa Laroche reminds us why Savennières was once considered among the most prized French wines. To reach this plateau, Laroche declassifies the fruit from any younger vines and yields are kept extremely low, usually around 30 hl\/ha. Even then, the grapes are harvested at perfect ripeness over a series of six tris or pickings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the cellar, the grapes ferment through indigenous yeasts and the wines age for 18 months on lees in a mixture of used barrels (220 and 400-litre) and 20-hectolitre foudre. Unlike in the past, it undergoes full malolactic conversion every year, and the only sulphur addition takes place at bottling. The resulting wine is, to quote Jon Bonné (The New French Wine), “a case study in Chenin Blanc intensity”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a year Tessa Laroche rates as her most successful to date, the 2022 is a true terroir wine—with all guns blazing. Climbing out of the glass, the delightfully fleshy Chenin fruit is complemented by flecks of the flinty, dark-hued minerality that helps make this vineyard so distinctive. Laroche’s wines take less time to blossom than those made by her mother, Monique, yet this vintage could easily age, with benefits, for 10+ years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine aux Moines","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":45250594111597,"sku":"BIB24381-1500","price":287.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":45269200535661,"sku":"BIB24381-1500-6","price":1722.01,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/23531-roche-aux-moines-nf-savennieres-magnum-domaine-aux-moines-tessa-laroche-920x1164.jpg?v=1780080202"}],"url":"https:\/\/worldwine.com.au\/collections\/domaine-aux-moines.oembed","provider":"World Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}