 Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc are the undisputed 'King and Queen' of white varieties in the Loire, with plantings of both up and down the entire length of the river. Doesn't mean there isn't room for the odd Prince, Duke or Lord popping up here and there. The Melon de Bourgogne grape, for example, occupies much of the area around Nantes where the river enters the Atlantic, making the noted wines of Muscadet. Romorantin is an ancient grape with a long history in the Loire, but has fallen out of favor in much of the region with only one appellation featuring it, in Cheverny. Only @150 acres devoted to the variety, but boy do they pop when you can find them. Think of it as a somewhat hypothetical combination of the flavor profile of a Sauvignon Blanc and the textural nuances of a Roussanne from the Rhone, and that gets you in the room. Musky white fruits and pear skin aromas with some grassy citrus notes, clear and pretty but definitely something a little outside the norm. The palate is where the grape really jumps out at you, with long lush white fruits, liquid apples, definite notes of grapeskin tannins in the minerally finish. Lots of evidence that this will keep evolving for quite a few more years, makes you wish more vineyards could champion the variety more.
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