Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Methode Traditionelle extra brut 2019

Variety: Chenin Blanc
Country, Region: France, Loire Valley
Appellation: Vouvray

Wines made using the Traditional Method undergo a minimum aging of 36 months in our cellars carved into the tuffeau limestone, allowing them to develop character, typicity, and exceptionally fine bubbles.

The 2019 Extra Brut: ' beautifully fine bubbles and freshness characterize this wine, which matures for 4 years on its lees before disgorgement. Ideal as an aperitif. Dosage: 1.3 g/L
Do not decant or open in advance. ' Vincent Foreau

' The 2019 Extra-Brut from Vincent Foreau is showing beautifully today, opening with aromas of pear, white flowers and spring blossoms, subtly mingled with delicate minty notes. Medium-bodied, elegant and finely balanced, it is textured and lively, featuring a juicy core of fruit, a pinpoint mousse and a long, saline, sapid finish. Matured for four years sur lattes, it was bottled with a dosage of 1.33 grams per liter, using organic cane sugar.'  91 points, Yohan Castaing, The Wine Advocate, October 2025

'The wines of Philippe Foreau could perhaps be considered the ultimate expression of the Vouvray vineyard. He exhibits great care in tending his vines, has a reasoned approach to his work in the vineyard, and in the cellar there is minimal manipulation and the restrained use of older wood for fermentation ... When he allows a little sugar in the wine, in the demi-sec cuvee in particular, this immediately leads to an electrifying balance of all Vouvray should be, pure, off-dry, fresh and capable of evolving great complexity.' Chris Kissack, The Wine Doctor.

' The wines of Clos Naudin are inimitable: ample, concentrated and structured yet crystalline in their aromatics and refined in their balance. Whether dry or sweet, they number among the most compelling expressions of Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley.' Yohan Castaing, The Wine Advocate

This great Vouvray estate was founded in 1923 (5 years before the Huet family) and is now run by Vincent Foreau who took over from his father Philippe in 2016. Their cellar master Hubert Vacher has been working with the Foreau family since the 1970s and this small and beautiful domaine has remained at just 11.5 hectares in size (less than 1/3 the size of Huet who are their neighbours across the little street). Clos Naudin does not relate to a single "clos"owned by the estate but rather the family have numerous holdings that have remained the same for decades. Three quarters of the family holdings are located above the village on the famed Premier Cote, centred on the Les Perruches vineyard, adjacent to Le Mont.

Work in the vineyards is all done with minimal inputs and vines replaced using massale selection. Hand harvesting and natural-yeast fermentation in mostly aged 300 litre barrels and without malolactic conversion, results in wines of crystalline purity. Younger vines are mostly used for their excellent sparkling Vouvrays.