Rosemary George MW, Wine Writer in London and the South of France.

A cellar visit to meet the new generation.   On my last visit to Château Chenaie in Caussiniojouls, I met Eric Chabert.   This time my host was Eric’s son, Adrien, who joined the family estate in 2020 and he has a younger brother Gauthier who started work there in 2021.   They are the 6th generation,     The first generation worked for somebody else, and his son, Emile, bought some vines.   Adrien’s grandfather, André decided to join the Faugères coop when that was created, but in 1994 his father took his vines out of the coop, and the two brothers, Eric and Cyril started making their own wine and are still involved with the estate.     They have 40 hectares of vines in about 40 different plots, mostly around the village, and also some olive trees.   So Adrien took me for a drive through his vines on a rather hot July afternoon.     For white wine they have Grenache Blanc, but have pulled up their Terret Blanc.   I t didn’t tas...