Domaine 7 - La Guimardière 2020

Chenin Blanc from Anjou in the Loire Valley, the home of the greatest dry Chenin on earth. Here you find black schist soils that can produce racy, expressive, powerful expressions of Chenin. 

Domaine 7 is an estate run by the very talented Abel Benmaamar. He looks after 4ha of vines in the commune of Martigné-Briand in Anjou. Abel has some magical plots of Chenin and Cabernet Franc on the classic schist soils farmed without chemicals and with a focus on biodiversity in the vineyards. Manual harvesting, indigenous yeasts, unfined and unfiltered, minimal SO2 at bottling. This wine is named after the small hamlet where the winery is located, the next village over from who we believe is the best Chenin producer in the world, Stephane Bernadeau. 

Vintage Comparison

2020 is a classic anjou vintage with a warm summer producing chenin with excelled ripeness. Toffee apple, quince, lactic aromas as well as the strong line of acid reminding you this is a cool region in the north of France. ONLY 6 BOTTLES AVAILABLE 

2021 has a strong mineral backbone and high wire acidity as well as that textbook quince and apple fruit aromas. 

2022 has more ripe fruit, some of that same energy as 2021 but with a softer, plusher mouthfeel and some fruit on the verge of mangos and papaya.