Coteaux du Layon “Quartz” Oldes Vines 2025 – Domaine des Hauts Perrays

Description

Quartz Oldes Vines is a sweet Chenin Blanc from the Coteaux du Layon appellation, produced from 50-year-old vines grown on quartz-veined schist soils typical of the Anjou Noir. Hand-harvested through successive sortings to select only botrytis-affected grapes (noble rot), it undergoes slow pressing, cold settling, and a long 4-to-6-week fermentation between 16 and 18°C, halted by cold temperatures to minimise sulphite use. Aged for 10 months. According to the winemaker, this 2025 vintage shows a notably smoother, more velvety character than the 2024.

   100% Chenin

   Pale straw with golden highlights

  Complex: quince, fruit paste, honey, with toasted and roasted notes

  Generous volume carried by salinity, persistent aromatics, fine sugar-acid balance.

   9 – 12°c

   11% vol.

   10 years

• Ideal as an aperitif
• Foie gras
• Cheese
• Fruits or chocolate desert