Domaine de la Racaudiere Vouvray Sec 2024

The Gautier family has long grown grapes and made wine in Vouvray, the Loire Valley’s largest and most renowned appellation, and can trace their domain back to 1669. Today, Domaine de la Racaudière is run by Benoît and Jean-Michel Gautier, who make traditional Vouvray from their 86-acre estate from Chenin Blanc, Vouvray’s signature grape variety. The Gautiers fashion classic dry Vouvray Sec (this month’s selection, a personal favorite, and a best seller), a range of off-dry Vouvray Demi-Sec, and when nature permits, the rare Vouvray Moelleux, made from botrytis-infected, late-harvest grapes. The Gautiers also craft high-quality sparkling wines, including a delicious sparking rosé made exclusively from the rare Grolleau grape variety. All of the estate’s grapes are hand-harvested and Domaine de la Racaudière practices minimal intervention in wine making, resulting in wines characterized by purity of fruit and a distinct reflection of Vouvray’s unique chalky limestone rich soil.

Tasting Notes: A fresh and delicately perfumed Chenin Blanc with scents of Bosc pears and crisp fall apples. A vivacious minerality, born of Vouvray’s limestone rich tufa soil, melds beautifully with the wine’s fruit flavors. Juicy and delicious; it’s an ideal companion to seafood, salads, poultry, and more.