Wine Review: Chateau Montgueret Saumur Blanc 2021- a great value Loire Valley Chenin Blanc
For our wine tasting today Wine-Searcher's Wine Director, David Allen MW tastes a simple, but great-value example of a classic Loire Valley Chenin Blanc from the Saumur appellation. The wine concerned is Chateau Montgueret's Saumur Blanc 2021.
Château de Montguéret is located in the heart of Haut-Layon, in the Angers-Cholet-Saumur triangle. Sitting principally on clay shale soils, the estate has over 120 hectares of vines. The chateau is located in Nueil-sur-Layon and the vines spread over four communes in the southern Saumurois region, producing AOC wines from Saumur, Anjou and the Coteaux de Layon. Cremant de Loire sparkling wines are also produced,
The property comprises old cellars flanked by turrets, a nineteenth century manor house and its annexes, The Chateau was built around 1860 on a park which already contained century-old cedars and magnolias, and facing the Layon Valley. The style of the house is eye-catching, combining Saumur tuffeau stone, Angevine slate and Sèvres brick.
Winemaking at Chateau Montgueret is done sustainably according to the standards laid down by the “TERRA VITIS” organization.
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Chenin never seems to attract the attention of the wine public, me included. I suppose the waxy thing is the dealbreaker?
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I was really pleasantly surprised by this wine - not for its great complexity, but for its balance. The nature was well under control. i had a value for money South African Chenin the other day, it was a reasonable drink, but by comparison seemed confected, where this displayed an easy, self-assured balance.
Of all the Chenin blancs in Saumur, he chooses this one???!!! Try any Chenin from Lambert or Duveau or, my goodness, Guiberteau or Yvonne!! These are world-class wines. This one in the video, not so much……
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Fair point - but I do not remember saying in the video that this was a top example of Saumur Blanc. Rather this was a very impressive example of a pleasantly made wine offering surprisingly good value for money. We are sometimes a little restricted by what we can get hold of here in New Zealand, but i notice Guiberteau's wines are available here. I may try and get hold of some.