Isabelle et Pierre Clement Mentou-Salon

Varietal - Sauvignon Blanc

Loire Valley, France

The Clment family has been wine-growers in Menetou-Salon since 1560 (16 generations). Now joined by their daughter Anne, Isabelle and Pierre Clment own 70 hectares of the finest, south-west exposed hillside vineyards in the appellation. Menetou-Salon is a quaint country village about 20 minutes southwest of Sancerre. The production is 65% white wine from Sauvignon Blanc and 35% red from Pinot Noir (about 10% is ros). While Menetou-Salon is on the same side of the Loire River as its more famous neighbor Sancerre, it has the same fossil-rich Kimmeridgian limestone-clay soils that are prevalent in Chablis. These Kimmeridgian soils impart the distinctly complex, aromatic and elegant personality to Chtenoys wines.