Beatrice & Pascal Lambert, 2022 Chinon "Les Terrasses"

No.37 | What's In My Glass

As a continuation of my exploration of some of the current releases from the 2022 vintage in the Loire, earlier this week I opened Beatrice and Pascal Lambert’s 2022 Chinon “Les Terrasses,” which is a wine I have typically enjoyed without giving it much thought (mostly because of its pure deliciousness) so with my brain hyper focused on the 2022s, it was worth giving this wine a bit more thought than usual.

Based in Cravant-les-Côteaux, I had the pleasure of visiting the domaine for the first time in May 2022, and have tasted their range on a few occasions since at various events in the Loire. The family produces a thoughtful range of terroir-focused wines from their parcels in Cravant and Chinon, with a strong emphasis on cuvées parcellaires to showcase the diversity of the region’s terroirs, including La Croix Boissée and Les Puys highlighting the Middle Turonian white and Upper Turonian yellow tuffeau chalks respectively, Les Perruches and Le Chêne Vert from parcels on clays with si…