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Quarts

Domaine Belargus

Quarts Bottle
Appellation
Anjou
Variety
Chenin Blanc
Age of Vines
30
Farming
Certified organic
Soil
Schist
Altitude
30-65 meters
Fermentation
Hand harvested, direct pressing, natural yeast fermentation
Aging
24 months in 400L French oak barrels

Press Review

The sumptuous fruit glides across the palate, until the 'wow!' moment when the acidity and bitter minerality kick in. Saline intensity with honey and baked apples offer a lingering softness held together in the gentlest skein of freshness. Effortless star quality.

- Decanter, 2020 Vintage

Overview

Quarts is a south-facing lieu-dit of Quarts de Chaume which before the French Revolution was in the hands of the sieureurs de Haute Guerche. They had tithed a quarter of this parcel’s wines to the Abbey of Ronceray in Angers for generations, a tradition now enshrined in the name of the appellation – Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru. This cuvée, however, is not a Grand Cru wine since it is made in a dry style which entitles it to carry the more generic Anjou AOP. Domaine Belargus controls 3.08-hectares of vines in this notable site where they make two wines and a portion of a third: Quarts Anjou (dry), Quarts Grand Cru (late harvest), and Ultra (essentially an S.G.N. from Le Veau, Quarts, and Rouères).

Ratings & Reviews

(91-93)

2022 Quarts

Source: WA

96

2020 Quarts

Source: DE

92

2020 Quarts

Source: WS

98

2019 Quarts

Source: WA

96

2019 Quarts

Source: VM

93

2018 Quarts

Source: DE

Loire, France
  • Location
    Loire, France
  • Appellation
    Anjou
  • Proprietor
    Ivan Massonnat
  • Winemaker
    Adrien Moreau
  • Size / Elevation
    24 hectares / 20-65 meters

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