Type: White

Grape: Chenin Blanc

 Region: Anjou, Loire Valley, France

Style: Still, dry, aged in old oak barrels Flavor: Concentrated, straight, full of energy — the kind of Chenin that stays with you

The bottle: Hand-harvested, indigenous yeast, no fining, no filtration, little to no sulfur. Whites go into old oak barrels. Low yields, nothing added, nothing rushed.

The producer: Didier Chaffardon is one of the founding figures of natural wine in Anjou, inspired in 1994 by Pierre Overnoy and Gramenon. He farms just 3 hectares like a garden, names his wines like poems, and makes bottles that are unrepeatable by design.