Domaine de la Charmoise Henry Marionnet Chenin Blanc 2023
4.4
HK$312
750ml
Bottle
Vintage Character Domaine de la Charmoise Henry Marionnet Chenin Blanc 2023 is a dry Touraine white from the Loire Valley, made entirely from Chenin Blanc. In the Loire, 2023 generally delivered healthy fruit with lively acidity after a growing season that balanced warm periods with enough freshness to preserve precision, giving this style of wine excellent immediacy and fine value. Touraine’s mix of clay, limestone and flinty soils is especially well suited to crisp, expressive whites, and here that terroir shows through in a wine built more on clarity, tension and mineral lift than on oak or richness.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing The nose opens on green apple, pear, white peach and citrus blossom, with hints of fresh herbs and wet stone. On the palate, it is light- to medium-bodied and energetic, driven by bright acidity and a clean, dry profile that keeps the fruit taut and mouthwatering; a subtle lees note adds a gentle bread-dough roundness before a stony, peppery finish. This is an easy match for goat’s cheese salad, lemon-herb roasted chicken, or steamed scallops with ginger and spring onion.
Winery Background Domaine de la Charmoise is a long-established family estate in Touraine, with the Marionnet name closely associated with pure, fruit-focused Loire wines and a pioneering spirit around low-intervention winemaking. Henry Marionnet helped define an unoaked, transparent house style, and Jean-Sébastien Marionnet continues that approach with careful vineyard work and a strong preference for preserving varietal character. Fermentation and élevage are typically handled in inert vessels rather than new oak, allowing Chenin Blanc’s natural freshness, texture and site expression to remain at the center of the wine.