Chateau Yvonne, Saumur-Champigny L'Ile Quatre Sous, 2023 green herbs and salty finish. Unfiltered and unfined This blend (48% Merlot

This blend (48% Merlot

A benchmark bottling from one of Barolo’s most influential modern voices

and fewer than 700 cases of everything combined

'Mon Village' is his ode to home: an all-Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs drawn from Le Mesnil

and built to be poured with a slight chill

Chateau Yvonne, Saumur-Champigny L'Ile Quatre Sous, 2023 green herbs and salty finish. Unfiltered and unfined This blend (48% MerlotSaumur Champigny at its most disarming. Mathieu Valle took over Chteau Yvonne in 2007, keeping the name in homage to the previous owners; the entire estate has been farmed biodynamically since 2012. L'le Quatre Sous "Four Penny Island," named for an actual sandy bank in the Loire near Parnay is the sandy soiled parcel in the lineup. 100% Cabernet Franc from vines aged 20 70 years, fermented in concrete with native yeasts, no pumpovers (to keep