Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 2002 PURYEARSALE or fining—lets the terroir shine

or fining—lets the terroir shine through

vibrantly fresh and aromatic with an underlying backbone of brisk acidity and soil-driven minerality

António's mission to recover indigenous Azorean grape varieties

This cuvée is composed primarily of 80% Pinot Meunier

Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 2002 PURYEARSALE or fining—lets the terroir shineWe don't drink enough sweet wines. They offer pleasures like no other wines and Moulin Touchais is one of the world's great cases for the category. Sweet Chenin Blanc from the hills along the Layon river in the Loire, made by a family that's been at it since 1787 using a unique two pass harvest method: a first pick of grapes still bursting with acid (for the wine's backbone and 50 100 year aging potential), then a later pick of fully ripe fruit (for