After a brilliant tasting at his new home in Anjou at the beginning of the year, we are happy to share a collection of wines very much suited to springtime from Jérôme Lambert.
Jérôme tends a couple of hectares of vines near Rablay-sur-Layon in a part of Anjou that is undoubtedly one of the Loire’s great terroirs. A true Angevin, his love of wine grew naturally. As a teenager he would pick leftover grapes, stomp on them and wait to see what would become of the fermenting juice. For over a decade he farmed small parcels that totalled less than a hectare of vines, making wine guided by nothing but instinct and the occasional advice from locals such as Richard Leroy.
Jérôme has worked organically from the outset and has been making wine without any additions for several decades, making him something of a veteran in a part of the Loire where this is now perhaps the norm. This release includes a restock of his excellent Chenin Blanc, Coule de Source, from the 2022 vintage, which after almost two years in bottle is showing wonderful clarity and poise, as well as a brace of light, bright and perfumed reds that rank amongst our favourite bistro wines.
Jérôme’s wines are now available on Tutto a Casa