Chemin de Chenin – the tasting notes

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For the introduction to this collection of tasting notes, see Which path for the Loire's great grape?

Notes are grouped by producer and ordered by style within each group (sparkling first, then in ascending order of sweetness), with a miscellany at the end. Scroll down to see Chenin superstars Eric Morgat and Dom des Roches Neuves.

BOURILLON DORLÉANS

Charismatic winemaker Frédéric Bourillon hosted us for this tasting. It is an innovative domaine – he has a scratch and sniff sticker on some of his labels, and his cellars are full of huge wall carvings – but this eccentricity reflects in...