Chateau Yvonne, Saumur-Champigny L'Ile Quatre Sous, 2023 green herbs and salty finish. Unfiltered and unfined and built to be poured

and built to be poured with a slight chill

Fifth-generation winemaker Pierre Duroché and his wife Marianne have expanded beyond their Gevrey-Chambertin roots into the Côte d'Or's greatest appellations

and fewer than 700 cases of everything combined

Sourced from cooler vineyard sites

Chateau Yvonne, Saumur-Champigny L'Ile Quatre Sous, 2023 green herbs and salty finish. Unfiltered and unfined and built to be pouredSaumur Champigny at its most disarming. Mathieu Valle took over Chteau Yvonne in 2007, keeping the name in homage to the previous owners; the entire estate has been farmed biodynamically since 2012. L'le Quatre Sous "Four Penny Island," named for an actual sandy bank in the Loire near Parnay is the sandy soiled parcel in the lineup. 100% Cabernet Franc from vines aged 20 70 years, fermented in concrete with native yeasts, no pumpovers (to keep