Who makes it
Jacky Blot's domaine in Montlouis puts Chenin Blanc at the centre of a range that includes still white wines and pétillant. The wines are bone dry, less fruity than complex and austere. An almost fanatically Burgundian approach shapes the cellar, with the dry style carried across both still and sparkling formats.
Blot's central choice is clarity through dryness. He believes sugar blurs Chenin's ability to reveal its best qualities, and the domaine's wines keep that principle visible in the glass. Chenin Blanc remains the core grape, while the range extends from Touraine white to a pétillant made without the usual sugar additions.
Where it grows
Jacky Blot established the domaine in Montlouis, with the stated aim of pulling the appellation out of the shadow of its neighbour, Vouvray. The range keeps that geographic conversation visible in different forms. Les Hauts de Husseau carries the Touraine designation. Bretonnière has an ultra vivid Vouvray profile, while Triple Zero is a Montlouis pétillant.
The place therefore appears through both bottle category and wine style. Still whites carry the main Chenin Blanc register, while the pétillant changes the format without changing the domaine's dry approach.
How it is made
The cellar
The domaine uses organic viticulture and works with Chenin Blanc as a mono varietal core. Chaptalization and added yeast are excluded from the winemaking approach, while malolactic fermentation is also avoided. Chaptalization adds sugar to must, and malolactic fermentation converts sharper malic acid into softer lactic acid. Leaving out those adjustments keeps sweetness from becoming a cellar correction and preserves more of the grape's natural acidity.
Barrel ageing is part of the cellar regimen. Time in barrel allows slow oxygen exposure, which can round texture and integrate the wine without adding sweetness. The approach is almost fanatically Burgundian, with élevage treated as part of the wine's shape rather than a finishing detail.
What they make
The range divides into still whites and pétillant. Les Hauts de Husseau is a Touraine white. Bretonnière is another still white with an ultra vivid Vouvray profile. Triple Zero is the sparkling bottling, a Montlouis pétillant whose method uses zero chaptalization, zero tirage liqueur and zero dosage.
The three zeros describe separate cellar decisions. No chaptalization means no sugar is added to the must. No tirage liqueur means no added mixture is used for the sparkling process, while no dosage means no sugar is added after fermentation. The range therefore moves from still Chenin Blanc wines to a pétillant built around the absence of those additions.
Wines to try
First bottle
Choose Les Hauts de Husseau, the 2021 Touraine white. It presents the domaine's Chenin Blanc as a still wine, with the Touraine designation visible on the label. Triple Zero changes the format to pétillant, while Bretonnière brings a different still wine profile and the Vouvray comparison. Les Hauts de Husseau keeps the first view focused on the domaine's dry white wine category.