Château de Parnay Chemin Des Murs Blanc 2020

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Light & Crisp
Country of Origin:	France
Wine Region:	Loire Valley
Appellation:	Saumur AOC
Grape Varietal:	Chenin Blanc
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	12 bottles
$479.40 Per Case ($39.95/btl)

Tasting Notes

Sourced from an entirely walled organic certified vineyard, this 100% Chenin Blanc shows subtle and refined scents of lime and lemongrass, apricot, peach and quince.
Round and mellow attack on the palate with notes of preserved lemons and grapefruits with natural freshness and classic Saumur minerality.

THE CLOS OF CHEMIN DES MURS: the jewel of the castle! Fruit of the invaluable know-how of Antoine Cristal and his taste for experimentation, this clos was built, planted and cultivated according to an unprecedented technique and gives birth to a rare wine. On this half hectare of Chenin, each vine was planted on the north face of a tufa wall. The vine crosses this stone wall and offers its grapes to the heat of the south face. The trellis thus has "foot in the cool and belly in the sun".

Critical Praise

94 Points - Wine Align
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94 Points - John Szabo
This leads with a terrific nose very much in the varietal/regional idiom, honeyed, floral, apple and lemon zest-scented, complex and exotic, not to mention stony. The palate displays a similar level of poise and composure, cool, transparent yet with a heavy freight of flavour , and terrific length. This is really quite extraordinary wine, delicious now, but surely capable of a decade or so in the cellar. Top notch. Tasted March 2019.

93 points Wine Align Michael Godel - The rare and elusive 100 per cent chenin blanc from Samur makes full use of clay-calcaire-tuffeau soils for this dry and piqued white wine. So crunchy and expressive with an expansive character that fills the mouth by making contact withy every nerve and pour. Benchmark and controlled explosive example, rare or otherwise. Drink 2020-2025. Tasted March 2020.

91 points David Lawrason Wine Align - It is rare to come across fine Saumur chenin, a central Loire Valley appellation overshadowed by Vouvray. This is mid-weight, dry and quite firm classic with a fairly generous nose of pear, spice, vague fresh herbs and wet stone. It becomes quite dry and somewhat grapefruity bitter on the finish, trailing solid minerality as well. Very good to excellent length. Tasted March 2020