Francois Chidaine -- 2019 Touraine Rouge -- Loire Valley, France the daily temperatures range is

the daily temperatures range is extreme and helps extend the growing season

Contrary to the idea of appellations

Bodegas Care uses only estate fruit that is dry-farmed in the traditional

because it had a 7-day cold-soak on the skins before fermentation was allowed to begin

then biodynamic for decades and is now regeneratively-farmed

Francois Chidaine -- 2019 Touraine Rouge -- Loire Valley, France the daily temperatures range isFrancois Chidaine is a wine hero who refuses to wear a cape. We have had one of his wines, the Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, in Kompas Club before and are very likely to have more of his wines in the future because his wines are compelling and, though his wines sell out quickly every year, he modestly keeps his prices low. He took control of his fathers small collection of Montlouis based vineyards in 1989 and through integrity, intelligence and