2025 Louise Chéreau (Vices & Vertus) ‘Colère’ Folle Blanche, Loire Valley, France Jeremy Bricka and Montreuil-Bellay

and Montreuil-Bellay

It offers delicate texture and crystalline definition

Grape variety: 3 main Champagne grape varieties

This Sauvignon is grown in clay-limestone plots

Chalone AVA) sits at a high elevation in a desert-like area of the Gabilan Mountains

2025 Louise Chéreau (Vices & Vertus) ‘Colère’ Folle Blanche, Loire Valley, France Jeremy Bricka and Montreuil-BellayThe folle blanche grape, indigenous to Frances west coast, is principally known for eau de vie production, but is also grown near Nantes to be a racy shellfish pairing, compatible and contrasting with the more well known Muscadet wines made from melon de bourgogne. Colre which translates to anger, referencing the oceans profound effect on the wine, is a crisp, saline, citrusy, and low alcohol white wine that is undeniably expressive of sea spray.