Puzelat Bonhomme Meslier 2020

Touraine Meslier is a white wine produced by Olivier Bonhomme at Les Montils a Tour in the Loire Valley, and made from grapes from 60-year-old vines located on calcareous clay soil. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and maturation in barriques for 5 months. Touraine Meslier has mentholated and sweet spice, apple and wild herbs on the nose, while the palate is savoury and elegant, fresh and persistent. To pair with Camembert

Manufacturer: Puzelat & Bonhomme

🍾 Touraine Meslier

🖼️ Les Montils, Tours, Loire

🏡 Puzelat & Bonhomme

🍇 Meslier

📅 2020

🌡️ 14.5%

  White Wine

🛁 Meslier is a cross between Gouais Blanc grapes (father of Chardonnay, Romorantin, Melon de Bourgogne and Aligotè) and Chenin Blanc (son of Savagnin and brother of Sauvignon Blanc and Manseng), in this case from almost 60-year-old vines on calcareous clay soil, after spontaneous fermentation these grapes mature for 5 months in barrique, then bottle

👃🏻 Very fragrant with hints of wild herbs and apple in all its forms, asparagus, menthol notes and sweet spices are perceived

👅 Full and warm, elegant and very mineral, slightly aromatic and with a long finish

👍🏻 Serving temperature 12°-14°.

💕 Buche de Chèvre and Camembert

😍 Meslier is a little-known grape, increasingly rare but with a crazy history behind it