Domaine du Clos Naudin (Foreau) Vouvray Sec 2020 CS20231031 Elena Penna and Luca Currado

Elena Penna and Luca Currado Vietti crafted this refined red vermouth from Nebbiolo wines (Barolo Ravera and Arneis) infused with thirty different Piedmont herbs and botanicals sourced from local

Aged for nine months in century-old oak foudres

farmed biodynamically and worked by horse

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Domaine du Clos Naudin (Foreau) Vouvray Sec 2020 CS20231031 Elena Penna and Luca CurradoIf you care about Vouvray, you already know the name. Philippe Foreau, the third generation proprietor of Clos Naudin, is one of the great traditional Chenin Blanc producers in the world full stop. His wines are made with religious precision from old vines planted on the tuffeau limestone above the Loire, and they age for decades. The Sec is the dry expression, but "dry" hardly does it justice: it's a wine of stunning intensity, with quince, beeswax,