Champalou: Tasting & Drinking
Unlike a number of their peers in Vouvray the portfolio of wines made by the Champalou family is brief; whereas a tasting of the latest releases from any one of François Chidaine, Jacky Blot or Noël Pinguet at Domaine Huet might take half the morning, the range of wines here in each vintage runs at most to half a dozen, and that is only if the year is sufficiently blessed for the sweetest, most exalted cuvées to make an appearance. This reflects the fact the Champalou family largely eschew single-site cuvées, preferring to blend according to terroir instead. So the meetings and tastings are usually brief affairs, flying vinous visits, but they are usually worth it; the quantity may be small, but the quality can be very high.
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