Richard Leroy Les Noels de Montbenault Chenin, Loire, Vin de France 2020 Teran and malolactic fermentation is completed

and malolactic fermentation is completed

raspberries and a touch of mint

Marcelo Pelleriti is the first Latin-American winemaker to score a perfect 100 ‘Parker Points’ – Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate’s prestigious rating system

still farming just 3Ha

Richard Leroy Les Noels de Montbenault Chenin, Loire, Vin de France 2020 Teran and malolactic fermentation is completedLeaving behind their life in Paris, Richard and Sophie purchased 2ha of vines (Les Nols de Montbenault) back in 1996, initially with the idea of making botrytized, noble rot wines. 1996 and 1997 were successful but a rainy autumn in 1998 put paid to any chances of noble rot and Richard produced no wine at all. Tasting in the area, he noted that Mark Angli had produced beautiful dry wines in 1998, and he began to think that making dry wines from this