Domaine Mosse Vin de France Le Rouchefer 2021

Agnès and René Mosse, along with their sons Joseph and Sylvestre, live and work in the village of St-Lambert-du-Lattay, a village in the Coteaux-du-Layon area of Anjou. Before becoming vignerons, the Mosse had owned a wine-bar/retail shop hybrid in Tours. They credit the great vignerons they met there, among them Jo Pithon and François Chidaine, as the impetus to become winemakers. The couple studied viticulture and oenology at the agricultural lycée in Amboise where two of their teachers were Thierry Puzelat (Clos du Tue-Boeuf) and Christian Chaussard (Domaine le Briseau).

Le Rouchefer is produced within the Anjou appellation but is intentionally declassified as Vin de France. Le Rouchefer is a single vineyard bottling from a 1.66 hectare parcel of the same name. An ample and generous Chenin, balanced by a vibrant minerality, the light maceration gives it structure.