Quentin Cailleau Anjou Blanc Patience 2024 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine this is an evening designed

this is an evening designed for discovery and celebration

Aperture's version blends in 20% Semillon and finishes fermentation slowly in French oak and concrete

declassified to Bordeaux Blanc

This reposado from Clase Azul is delightfully smooth with a toffee caramel finish

It's made with the same care as the grand vin — long vatting

Quentin Cailleau Anjou Blanc Patience 2024 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine this is an evening designedQuentin Cailleau farms organically in Anjou, working schist slopes in the Hyrome Valley with the hand harvesting and patience the appellation's Chenin Blanc demands. The Patience cuvee is his calling card: spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, slow cool ferments, and nine months of lees aging underground and in sandstone amphorae. The result is dense yet weightless, with the saline, chiseled finish that Anjou Chenin does better than anywhere