2020 Anjou, Quarts, Domaine Belargus, Loire
- White
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Chenin Blanc
- Rebecca Gibb MW
- 95/100
- Jim Budd
- 97/100
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Description
Save 20% on the 75cl bottle, previously priced at £103.00. Offer valid while stocks last. BBX listings excluded.
Ivan Massonat, via his Domaine Belargus, is redefining dry Anjou Chenin Blanc. Les Quarts comes from the south-facing Quarts de Chaume, best-known for its unctuously sweet wines, but now gaining a reputation for some of the finest dry white wines of the world. A wine of wonderful elegance and finesse, with a sleek sophistication that would put most white Burgundy to shame.
Arguably a wine of texture and structure, rather than aromas or flavours, there is a feeling of precision and freshness running through the middle of the wine. There are layers of chewy citrus fruit and white peach, interwoven with salty minerals which leave a bone-dry finish. Still very young, with significant ageing potential.
Adam Bruntlett, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Critics reviews
The 2020 Anjou Blanc Quarts is a powerful, intense style without being heavy—smoky, spiced and flinty. It has the nervousness and energy of a jittery foal, but it's got what it takes to be a stallion, possessing athleticism and muscle within its compact core. Flavor-wise, there's just-ripe plum freshly picked off the tree, alongside honey and exotic spice. Innate sinew draws this out on the long finish. If I were an Amazon algorithm, I'd say, “If you like toasty, smoky Grand Cru white Burgundy, come have a look over here.”
Drink 2026 - 2036
Bone dry, with attractive, honeyed and vanilla notes, a vibrant, mouth-filling texture and a very long, precise and pure finish that shows light saline notes despite still being a little closed at the end, although this demonstrates its potential to evolve with further time in bottle. The south-facing Les Quarts 3.08ha) gave its name to the Quarts de Chaume, as the lords of the Haute Guerche, as tenants of the vineyards, paid the nuns of the Ronceray Abbey with the best quarter of their harvest.
These vines were planted between 1987 and 1991 in loamy clays over schist. Grapes were picked on 17 September with a yield of 31hl/ha. Fermented and aged in barrels of 228 and 400 litres with an average age of five years for 14 months. Bottled 23 November 2021.
Drink 2025 - 2060
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