Cuvée 1983 2023 Skin contact and something more than a

and something more than a white was born

creamy texture that fills out the palate without weight

or on a humid Singapore evening when you need something cold and alive

Quarts de Gastines is one of Pierre Ménard's dry Chenin parcels in Faye d'Anjou

some for a few days

Cuvée 1983 2023 Skin contact and something more than aPupillin is Ploussard country, and Jean Michel and Laurence Petit make two versions of it. This is the old vine bottling, off a plot planted in 1983, and it carries more concentration than their standard cuve without ever turning heavy. Ploussard pours so pale it could be mistaken for a dark ros, then delivers a good deal more than the colour suggests. Redcurrant and dried rose, a dusty earthiness underneath, and tannins you register as texture rather