Saumur Chenin Blanc in magnum from a single limestone parcel, fine and precise.

Older-vintage Brézé Chenin Blanc in magnum, now showing real complexity.

Another Brézé cru in magnum, denser and more structured with age.

The new vintage is bright and perfumed, packed with succulent cherry fruit and finishing with crunchy freshness alongside a lick of mineral and dried chilli—a fine release, and just what you want from this type of agile, juicy Cabernet Franc. As Chinon’s most famous son, François Rabelais, once wrote: “Drink always before the thirst, and it will never come upon you.”