Touraine Amboise ’Clos de Beauce’ - Chenin Blanc (22)

Chenin Blanc | 50-70 jaar oude stokken | bodem klei met kalk | rijping op oude barriques en 620l houten vaten voor 12 maanden met de fijne lie | rijpe wijn | balans door de pure zuren | serieuze Chenin | gele peer | licht tropisch | romige finish

Bonnigal Bodet Vignerons

Jean Baptiste Bonnigal en Stéphane Bodet maken wijnen in de (nog) onbekende appellatie Touraine-Ambroise direct ten westen van Tours en Vouvray. Vanaf 2015 zijn ze samen gaan werken bij het familie domein van Jean-Baptiste. Er wordt biologisch en biodynamisch gewerkt in de wijngaarden en kelder. Meet zich met de toppers uit bijvoorbeeld Vouvray of Montlouis

Review

From 50- to 70-year-old vines on clay and flint over Aquitaine limestone (in conversion to organic) with a yield of 30 hectoliters per hectare, the 2020 Chenin Clos de Beauce was vinified for eight months in 620-liter barrels and is as dense and intense as it is pure and elegant on the fascinating, complex and coolish, refined and seductive nose. The palate is round, dense, fresh and crystalline and provided with persistent mineral energy, uplifting saline acidity and fine tannin grip that carries the still-young wine to a long and promising, always pure and terroir-driven finish. 14.5% stated alcohol? Just on paper, not on the palate! There is remarkable finesse and balance here but also grip and tension. A great, tightly woven yet fine Chenin worth cellaring for a decade and longer. Natural cork. Tasted in June 2022. 94/100 Stephan Reinhardt