La Niverdiere, Palimpseste, 2018, Chinon, Loire, France

Recently we and some of the GlouGlou team crowded round the screen, having a zoom tasting, learning about a new producer, La Niverdiere, trying wines from three different sites and multiple vintages.

All wines made in the same way by the same person from the same grape variety but showing subtle and beautiful variations from vintage to vintage and site to site.

Amazing stuff and a real privilege for us to experience.

Martine Budé has been making wine in Chinon , Loire, France since 2015. Her wines demonstrate all that’s great about natural wines - purity, energy, charm, and an undeniable expression of place and time, fruit and soil.

We’ve got limited stock of two of Martine’s first wines from 2015 from two sites, called Palimpseste and Renaissance. Why not treat yourself (or your wine-nerd friend or fam) to a bottle of each to drink and enjoy the magic that real wine brings? 

This wine, Palimpseste, was grown on sandy, chalky soils producing a bigger, more structured style of wine. This wine has been maturing in bottle for six years (in contrast to the Renaissance which was aged in concrete for six years before bottling and release). The result is a wine that shows maturity but is still fresh, fruity and floral, with berries and delicate tannins the palate.

Producer - La Niverdiere, Martine Budé
Country - France
Region - Loire
Appellation - Chinon
Variety - Cabernet Franc
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan