2006 Domaine de Bellivière (Eric Nicolas) L'Effraie Coteaux du Loir 13.5%
100% chenin blanc from vines under 50 years old. Mineral, sour lemon and a touch of white flowers. Round, lush mouth feel, with a sweet edge and a lightly bitter finish. Drier than off-dry, but not quite dry. Before food, seemed to need a touch more acidity, usually a reliable predictor of acid deficiency with food. In this case, the opposite happened: it became crisp and found acid/sweet balance. Trust wine to keep you humble by providing a flow of counter examples to everything you think you know. So, poof, it vanished in a flash, faster than you can say Chenin n'est pas Chinon.