{"product_id":"pascal-janvier-jasnieres-cuvee-du-silex-2025","title":"Pascal Janvier, Jasnieres Cuvee du Silex 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eVariety: Chenin Blanc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePascal Janvier intended to be a butcher but made a dramatic pivot at age 30 to study winegrowing and start making wine. Today, he and his wife rent nine hectares of vineyard property which Janvier farms himself. A small grower in a tiny appellation, Janvier is a big influencer in showing off the typicity and unique character of wines from Jasnières. These slightly off-dry wines reveal racy acidity, and are perhaps more lightly honeyed than \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebeef \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChenin Blancs from other parts of the Loire Valley. Javier’s wines are loaded with the flinty minerality to be expected from this terroir. Fruit and floral aromas follow wet stones and smoke, offering tantalizing notes of ripe melon, exotic guava, quince, citrus flowers, grapefruit, and orange marmalade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNamed for the silex soil, which is full of flint and abundant in the Loire Valley. This Chenin comes from 35-40 years in age. The flint in the soils lend a remarkable gunpowder like quality to the wine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"wineCRAFT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40270017986583,"sku":"French:FR071KL014-25","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9076\/4311\/products\/PascalJanvierCuveeSilexJasnieres.jpg?v=1664393042","url":"https:\/\/hartandcru.com\/products\/pascal-janvier-jasnieres-cuvee-du-silex-2025","provider":"HART \u0026 CRU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}