Coteaux de L'Aubance
This is a good, if rarely exceptional, source of lighter-style sweet Chenin Blanc from the schistous rocky slopes overlooking the Aubance tributary of the Loire. On occasions the fruit is blessed with noble rot, but more often than not it’s simply passerillé (desiccated) when hand-harvested by trie. Most of the region is devoted to producing dry red and white Anjou wines of little character.