Chidaine’s exceptional Montlouis Brut Nature is crafted from old-vine, biodynamically farmed, and hand-harvested grapes, with an impressively low yield of 35 hectolitres per hectare, a rarity even in Champagne.

This zero-dosage Montlouis is 100% Chenin Blanc, sourced from the flinty (perruches) sites of Le Volagray and Les Landes, and the clay- and limestone-rich (aubuis) sites of Clos Renard and Les Epinais.

The grapes for this sparkling wine are picked at around 11.5 to 12.5 degrees of potential alcohol to ensure they are flavour-ripe, allowing the terroir to be fully expressed. The base wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation in old 620-litre barrels. The result is an engagingly vinous palate, with a creamy texture enhanced by saline energy and spicy complexity.

The finish is long, grippy, and mineral-infused, a quality rarely found in Chenin-based sparkling wines. This wine offers tremendous value and is a stellar example of world-class sparkling wine.