Tasting note

Beautifully waxy on both on the nose and palate. Rich, full-bodied and great structure. Aromas and flavors of honey, apricot jam, and a touch of smoke throughout are balanced by green apple notes, a thrilling acidity, and a chalky underpinning that carries through the finish. From 50 year old vines, fermented in oak and aged 15 months in older 500-liter barrels, then 6 months in stainless steel, and a small amount in amphora.

Score: 93

Jason Wilson, Vinous.com, July 2020

From roughly 60-year-old vines on an east/southeast-facing slope of tuff limestone, picked late and super ripe and partly overripe or even botrytized, the full-bodied 2017 Chinon La Part des Anges opens with concentrated and intensely aromatic fruit with flinty and some spicy tannic notes. Vinified in 500-liter oak barrels for 15 months and another six months in stainless steel, the low-yielding Part des Anges (38 hectoliters per hectare) is a rich, round and elegant, even fresh and mineral Chenin that reveals an intense and concentrated texture with serious tannins on the complex and sustainable finish. I would decant the wine for one to three hours and drink it from a Burgundy glass. 14.3% alcohol. Tasted in June 2021.

Score: 93

Stephan Reinhardt, August 2021 Week 1, The Wine Advocate, August 2021