Vin de France Attention Cabernet Blanc Clos des Treilles - Nicolas Réau 2025

This wine, produced in the Loire Valley, is a unique and daring proposition, classified as a Vin de France due to the use of a grape variety not authorised in AOC wines: Cabernet Blanc, a recent hybrid cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and an unnamed variety resistant to fungal diseases. The Anjou terroir, combining shale, clay and gravel, brings a mineral tension and a wonderful freshness to this unique white wine. The wine is vinified naturally and with as little intervention as possible: hand-harvests, spontaneous fermentation, no fining or filtration, and finally ageing on lees in stainless steel vats.
Its colour is pale and bright with green glints. The nose is aromatic, carried by citrus fruits, crisp white fruits, fresh herbs and a hint of floral notes. On the palate, the wine is delicious, direct and slightly salty, with a mineral tension and a wonderfully herby length which is reminiscent of a natural Sauvignon Blanc, but with a more vegetal and original character.