Part three of Project Loire was, unashamedly, my favourite tasting. Chenin is such a beautiful grape. I was even worried about the high percentage of generous scores. This set of tasting notes also turned out to be the hardest one to write an introduction to – in many ways, the wines speak for themselves.
Chenin country, in the Loire, begins on the border of Pays Nantais and Anjou-Saumur (where the photograph above was taken...