2023 Nicolas Brunet Vouvray Fleur du Silex (Chenin Blanc)
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Grape Varietal: Chenin Blanc
Country: France
Region: Vouvray, Loire Valley
The Wine: Nicolas Brunet is a small, quality-focused Vouvray producer working organically and devoted entirely to Chenin Blanc, a grape the domaine treats as both the voice of the place and the backbone of its cellar. The estate’s wines are described as lively, powerful, and built to age, with a style rooted in fruit, character, and the mineral pull of Vouvray’s soils.
For Fleur du Silex, the fruit comes from older vines planted on flinty soils, and the wine is fermented with wild yeast. That silex character shows up not as something flashy, but as a stony, mineral thread running underneath the fruit, giving the wine shape and tension from the first sip to the last.
Nicolas Brunet’s 2023 Vouvray Fleur du Silex is a dry Chenin Blanc with plenty of breadth, but it never loses its lift. It opens with notes of ripe apple, yellow plum, white peach, and a little shaved ginger, with a touch of brioche that gives the nose a softer edge. On the palate, it feels creamy and generous at first, then tightens into a bright, mineral finish that keeps the whole wine humming.
Pairing: Roast chicken with tarragon and cream, seared scallops over parsnip purée, cider-braised pork chops, or a wedge of triple-cream brie with toasted almonds and sliced pear.
