Cuvée 1983 2023 Skin contact Quarts de Gastines is one

Quarts de Gastines is one of Pierre Ménard's dry Chenin parcels in Faye d'Anjou

and something more than a white was born

which is how a domaine this small keeps a range going at all

creamy texture that fills out the palate without weight

and the marc leaves a faint grip that stops the sugar from settling

Cuvée 1983 2023 Skin contact Quarts de Gastines is onePupillin is Ploussard country, and Jean Michel and Laurence Petit make two versions of it. This is the old vine bottling, off a plot planted in 1983, and it carries more concentration than their standard cuve without ever turning heavy. Ploussard pours so pale it could be mistaken for a dark ros, then delivers a good deal more than the colour suggests. Redcurrant and dried rose, a dusty earthiness underneath, and tannins you register as texture rather