Domaine des Forges

Domaine des Forges has been family-owned for five generations. Claude can still be found pottering around the cellar, but the estate's current form is down to his son Stephane and Stephane's wife Severine, who farm 50 hectares of HVE-certified sustainable vineyard in Anjou.

Chenin Blanc is the speciality, from crisp Val de Loire through the mineral austerity of Savennieres to the honeyed sweetness of Coteaux du Layon: three faces of one remarkable grape.