They call Luc Poullain ‘Mister President’ in these parts, being the brains behind the relatively newly created Touraine-Chenonceaux appellation.
He speaks English better than most British people I know having studied agriculture in Bedfordshire, before taking over Domaine des Echardières from a retiring vigneron in 2000. His passion is for hunting (as well as actively being involved in the preservation of) Woodcock, known colloquially in these parts as La Long Bec.
Luc’s Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from vineyards on the slopes and plateaux on the south bank of the river Cher, where soil types match those of his more illustrious Sauvignon Blanc neighbours further to the east, with his wine is as good a match as any of those and at significantly more attractive pricing