Vin de France Spontané Chenin

Domaine des Hauts Baigneux

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Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

100% Chenin Blanc

Hauts Baigneux's prestige Pet Nat, made from the Domaine's oldest vines around the winery in Panzoult. Fine persistent bubbles of high-acidity Chenin.

Viticulture

Soil type

Planted on the 3 best flint clay hillsides of the Domaine.

Vine age65 years old

Vinification

The grapes were hand-harvested. Direct press. No fining, no filtration.

ElevageThe wine is aged for 15 months on the lees before disgorgement.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered (disgorged to remove any sediment)

More about
the producer

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...