A little bit of everything! We adore the precise and delicious wines of Clau de Nell. Try them all in this mixed 6 pack with 2 bottles each of Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc and 3 Grolleau from the fantastic old, biodynamic vines of Clau de Nell. Each with fantastically different personalities all encapsulating the very best of the category. Precise, fine, ageable, jaw-droppingly delicious.

2 bottles 2017 Clau de Nell Chenin Blanc, 2 bottles 2017 Grolleau and 2 bottles of 2016 Cabernet Franc
$60 per bottle in 6 packs

PRODUCTION & DRINKING

We came to know the wines of Clau de Nell from a sweet friend and fantastic wine mentor Mark Walford. Mark was one of the very UK merchants to bring the undiscovered wines of the Loire Valley to the UK. Mark was knocking on cellar doors (literally) and introducing a generation of your British sommeliers to these great beauties that would one day hold important spots on wine lists around the world. His portfolio was so fantastic it was later purchased by Berry Brothers - a famous UK importer - and we came to know him as an owner of the small and wonderful Cotes Catalanes property Le Soula, his insanely delicious retirement project. We told Mark we were off to the Loire for our first ever trip in 2016 and he gave us a short list of his very favourite producers. Top of it was Clau de Nell, an 8 hectare small winery on a south facing knoll in the small town of Ambiollou-Chateau, Anjou. The story of Clau de Nell is one of fate. It came to the attention of Anne-Claude Leflaive, of Burgundy’s Leflaive, and her husband Christian Jacques through their organization, which brought together biodynamic growers to share information and commercial networks. Clau de Nell was a stunning old vine property on beautiful limestone soils that was struggling financially and looking to sell. After first giving the previous owners a loan, they later jumped at the chance to purchase these special vines and the centuries old troglodyte cave that came with it. Soon after, they brought on sommelier-turned winemaker Sylvain Potin as estate manager. Thick 60-90 year old vines are hand picked and aged in a combination of old Burgundian oak and large foudre.

TASTES LIKE

A dream pack of beautiful flavours!

Chenin: Wine: what all the fuss is about. Singing citrus fruit meets wild meadow of our dreams. Weight, texture and drama. Luxury done right. Quite simply one of the finest white wines we’ve ever had.

Grolleau: violets, spicy sausage, cracked pepper, soy sauce and the essence of red fruit giving way to a salty masterpiece. A wine for food lovers. So dang interesting and unlike truly any bottle you’ve had lately. Pair with salty flavours, Chinese food, charcuterie or a woodland forest.

Cab Franc: A perfect example of a deep, rich, layered, medium bodied stunner. A dense rich beauty with singing acidity and freshness behind her dark fruit, spicy, dusty core. Deep red cherries and crushed up raspberries in an old library. That comforting smell of perfectly ripe tomato vines. A warm gravelly road in summer. A wine that can age for a decade or blooms in the glass. Fancy fancy fancy.