Faia brims with crystalline stone fruits that have a concentrated, mouth-coating quality, acidity is tight and the finish leads into a flourish of ginger spice. Serious Chenin which ably demonstrates that a natural approach can produce age-worthy wines up there with the best in the region. Find out more.
About the Wine
The first time in many years that M&K have elected to make a sparkling wine and what a welcome return it is! The grape is well-suited to the style, particularly with the wonderfully racy acidity that is often to be found coiling around in their wines.
All the good things about a fresher style of Chenin come together here, ripe yellow stone fruits, stony minerals, taut acids and a lick of spice in the finish. Transferred to bottle in its primary fermentation, the bubbles are created as a pet-nat - lively energetic and fun.
A playful counterpoint to their more serious, ageworthy style of still Chenin Blanc.
About Mai & Kenji Hodgson
Mai & Kenji have made a name for themselves for producing rare and expressive wines from 4 hectares of vines they took on in Anjou after a journey that started at a Japanese winery Kenji was interning at, via Vancouver (Kenji's home and where he and Mai met) then to the Loire where they impulsively bought land and set about establishing themselves. Over a relatively short period of time they have begun to produce distinctive wines of great quality, although they themselves admit they are still learning to understand the potential of the land they work on.
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