‘Faia’

Chenin Blanc, Loire Valley, France 

A RARE Loire chenin, positively brimming with complexities and coming from an impossible to find beloved producer! After meeting in Vancouver, BC, Mai and Kenji worked in vineyards in the province before travelling to the Loire to work with LEGEND Mark Angeli and young star Benoît Courault. In 2010 they acquiring their first plot of old vine grolleau, cabernet franc and chenin blanc grown in the the Faye d’Anjou, now called Bellevigne-en-Layon. Extremely low intervention from start to finish, these wines are beloved the world over for their raw, rich and radiant energy. The chenin blanc for ‘Faia’ comes from shale soils, is whole cluster pressed and moved to barrel for a slow, long, six to eight month fermentation on lees to pick up texture and profound personality. FUN FACT! They pick their grapes at full maturity but avoid botrytis unless making their RARE sweet wine! White blossoms from another galaxy, bruised apple dunked in whipped spring honey, a dollop of trapped CO2, quince, finger lime fingers crossed for good luck, hay bale & a stone chiselled open to reveal a perfectly preserved ammonite - YUM. Enjoy alongside reading Faux Pas, Selected Writings and Drawings by Amy Sillman and snacking on a goat cheese soufflé.