Style: White Wine

Producer: Thibaud Boudignon

Grape: 100% Chenin Blanc

Where: Anjou, Loire Valley

Country: France

Taste: The 2022 Anjou Blanc is restrained, with a delicate perfume of chamomile, spearmint and nectarine. There's a round richness to the wine's mid-palate, elegant and fine-boned, which is quite the feat in this dry, warm year. It offers vibrant acidity, striking minerality, and distinct notes of quince, nectarine and yellow apple.

Practicing Biodynamic Farming

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About the Wine: 35 year old vines. Grown on shallow soils of grey schist and rhyolite (volcanic soil). Indigenous yeast. No malo. Aged in 500L, 350L and 228L barrels (20% new).

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About the Producer: Thibaud Boudignon is unquestionably one of the most exciting figures in wine today. Originally from Bordeaux, it was in 2009 that he began to make wine under his own name from a scant 3.5 ha in the heart of Anjou and Savennieres. Knowing that the quality of his fruit was of most importance, he committed himself absolutely to the health of his vines, choosing to farm organically and spend the majority of his time in the vineyards. His devotion paid off quickly, for in just a few vintages, his name began to circulate among Loire growers, eventually to top restaurants in Paris, and finally overseas. The speed at which he has garnered so much praise speaks to the remarkable quality of his wines.

It is wines like these that make us remember why we love this business. Just when you think you’ve had the best a region has to offer, a new discovery comes along to rock your world. Boudignon is such a discovery, with wines that speak so clearly of their place of origin. It is in this writer’s humble opinion, that there is no greater dry Chenin Blanc being made in the world today. Period.