Marie Thibault Touraine Premier Nez 2021 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider and bottle straight off the

and bottle straight off the gross lees

Sophisticated

and velvety tannins

Bold juniper immediately greets the nose with Mediterranean spice along with lime zest

The 2016 vintage was one of Piedmont's greats

Marie Thibault Touraine Premier Nez 2021 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider and bottle straight off theMarie Thibault traded a research career in biology and oenology for a 3. 5 hectare parcel in Azay le Rideau, one of the Touraine's quietest corners. She trained under Francois Chidaine in Montlouis, where she fell hard for Chenin Blanc, and her own farming has been certified organic since 2014. Premier Nez is her flagship Chenin old vines on white clay and silex, aged mostly in old barriques with a touch of clay amphora. The 2021 is bone dry, mineral,