Domaine des Grouas, Anjou Blanc 'Les Onglés', 2022 BOJO&SWFRANCECT with real mineral cut

with real mineral cut

now six years on

though it still wants a decant

which gives the wine its trademark mineral lift and freshness

Domaine des Grouas, Anjou Blanc 'Les Onglés', 2022 BOJO&SWFRANCECT with real mineral cutA first vintage from a brand new address, and they started with one of Anjou's serious Chenin parcels. Pauline and Lionel founded Domaine des Grouas in July 2022 at Martign Briand, where the Anjou Noir and Anjou Blanc meet along the Layon, and among their fourteen hectares are 2. 7 hectares of Les Ongles. The parcel is schist, the dark rock of Anjou Noir, and it gives a Chenin that is taut and stony rather than fleshy. Lionel came to wine sideways,