Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2024 extra-brut-selection Elegant and precise

Elegant and precise

Bastian Beny sources fruit from biodynamic vines

anchored by leather and cedar

Created by Richard Geoffroy—the man who spent nearly three decades as chef de cave at Dom Pérignon—IWA 5 brings Champagne's philosophy of assemblage to Japanese sake

Ripe stone fruit

Francois Chidaine Montlouis Les Bournais 2024 extra-brut-selection Elegant and preciseAsk what Chenin Blanc can do and the honest answer is: everything dry, sweet, sparkling, it excels at all three. Francois Chidaine has spent a career arguing that Montlouis, the quieter appellation across the Loire from Vouvray, deserves the same respect, and Les Bournais is his strongest evidence. Clay limestone soils at Husseau in Montlouis sur Loire, biodynamic farming, five to six months on fine lees in demi muids. It's the exotic bottle in his