Francois Blanchard Voilà... 2019

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Tasting notes

Two years in old oak on a direct-press Sauvignon gives Voilà... a depth and oxidative texture you rarely see from this grape — honey, salted stone fruit, and toasted nuts instead of the usual citrus brightness. The clay and silex soils of Le Grand-Cléré push through on the finish as a clean, stony mineral line.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
HoneyStone FruitWalnutSaline
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:White Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Sauvignon Blanc
Farming:Organic
Vintage:2019
Alcohol:N/A
Country:France
Region:Loire Valley
Appellation:Vin de France
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Francois Blanchard

François Blanchard is the fifth generation of his family at Château du Perron in Lémeré, a village about 40 minutes south of Tours. His great-great-grandparents began replanting vines after phylloxera, grafting onto resistant rootstock and developing the Perron property. His grandfather experimented with close to two hundred grape varieties on the estate. After his father and grandfather both passed, François considered allowing the vineyard to remain dormant before deciding to revive it. His first real vintage was in 2003, after years spent in Tours as a professional jazz musician.

François farms a total of four hectares of vines on land that is otherwise wild — planted with vegetables, fruit trees, and home to two horses used for plowing when conditions allow. Three of those hectares are at Le Grand-Cléré, a remote parcel surrounded by woods on the highest plateau in Touraine at roughly 110 meters altitude. The vines there are approximately 50 years old, rooted in firm clay littered with silex. Farming has been organic for over two decades, with no preventive chemical spraying, no plowing, and weeds left under the rows to shelter beneficial insects. The focus has shifted to natural permaculture and biodiversity.

In the cellar, Blanchard works without a fixed formula. Wines are fermented and aged in a variety of vessels — old oak barrels, concrete, steel, and amphora — with decisions made based on each vintage's fruit. No sulfites or other enological additives are used at any stage. Voilà... is a direct-press white aged in old oak barrels; the A Table! cuvée involves extended skin maceration in the same vineyard. Wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Wine region

Loire Valley, France

Touraine sits in the middle of the Loire Valley, between Anjou-Saumur to the west and the Central Loire appellations to the east. The region covers more than 6,300 hectares across Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher, on a gently rolling plateau with a maximum altitude of around 120 meters. The climate is semi-oceanic, with the Atlantic influence diminishing as you move east and diurnal temperature swings increasing — a combination that preserves natural acidity in the grapes. Annual rainfall averages 550 to 650 millimeters depending on location.

Touraine soils are highly varied: limestone covered with flinty clay, clay-limestone on a chalk subsoil, sand over silex, and alluvial river gravels all appear within the appellation. Sauvignon Blanc accounts for nearly 80% of white grape plantings and is the dominant white variety in the region's AOC production. The area directly around Lémeré, 15 km southwest of Chinon, sits on a high plateau with clay and large fragments of silex — a terroir that emphasizes minerality and tension in Sauvignon Blanc. Cabernet Franc is the primary red variety in this part of western Touraine.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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