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

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

From the producer: Domaine Pierre MOREY cultivates several litlle plots in 6 lieux-dits distributed in the heart of the appellation and all around the village

Bordeaux varieties in the most exposed parts of his vineyard

Empress 1908 Gin was commissioned for the legendary Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria

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