Bright, even exuberant in feel, with a parade of Jonagold apple, green melon, Bosc pear and quince flavors streaming through, gilded with heather, honeysuckle and verbena notes on the long, lithe finish. Remarkably elegant despite the off-dry style. Drink now through 2035. 600 cases made. –JM

Intensely yellow in color, the 2016 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux offers a flinty-piquant bouquet of ripe, super ripe, concentrated, pure and fresh Chenin Blanc aromas. Sweet, piquant and lush on the palate with a certain creaminess, fine tannins, tension and lingering salinity, this is a pure, complex and persistent Chenin Blanc from 40-year-old vines on pebbles, green clay and flint stone (silex). Promising. Tasted February 2018. - Stephan Reinhardt