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Touraine Azay le Rideau Blanc Chenin

Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

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Hauts Baigneux Chenin Blanc

Type

White Wine

Appellation

Touraine Azay le Rideau

Variety

Chenin blanc

The cuvée Blanc Chenin is a blend of two exceptional Chenin Blanc vineyards from the Azay-le-Rideau area. The base for the wine comes from an exceptional two hectare plot on flint terroir in Saché, close to the former studio of Alexander Calder, the famous American artist. These vines in Saché were planted in the 1950s, and are blended with younger Chenin vines from the lieu-dit Hauts Baigneux to create the complex and powerful Blanc Chenin, a testament to the towering quality of this terroir.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Saché (Mézardière), Hauts Baigneux (La Surprise)

Soil type

Flinty clay with limestone underneath

Vine age30 years and 60 years

Vineyard size1.5 ha

PruningGuyot Poulssard

Vinification

Direct press, natural yeast fermentationin demi-muids

Elevage18 months on the lees in concrete

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Filtration "sur terre blanche"

Additional info

Total production average6,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle741718812881

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Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

Founded in 2012

12 hectares

In 2013, longtime friends Nicolas Grosbois and Philippe Mesnier purchased 12 hectares of vines in Azay-le-Rideau, an excellent though relatively unknown terroir located a few kilometers east of Chinon. They immediately began farming all the vines organically, and set about on an ambitious project to reintroduce the wines of Azay-le-Rideau. Traditionally, Azay-le-Rideau is famous for white wines made from Chenin Blanc and rosé wines made from Grolleau and Gamay.

Most of the vineyards are located in Azay-le-Rideau on the lieu-dit "Hauts Baigneux." The domaine also owns a two hectare plot in Saché, close to the former studio of famed American artist Alexander Calder. This great flint-heavy terroir produces the two top cuvées of the domaine: Le Clos des Brancs and Blanc Chen...