Anjou AOC Clos de Bonnes Blanches (Sec)

Domaine Belargus

The "Clos des Bonnes Blanches" is one of the emblematic plots located in Saint-Lambert du Lattay, cultivated as a single-plot by generations of local winegrowers. This walled Clos is just opposite from the domaine's most famous vineyard, Les Treilles, on the opposing bank of the Layon tributary. Being north-facing, it is their last parcel to be picked each year and known to be their most delicate expression of Chenin. The unique soils of this clos—talc shales and small quartz rocks—also play a cooling role, slowing ripening further still. This late-picked terroir produces what the domaine terms a more intellectual wine, giving very floral aromas with a unique touch of fennel and mint backed by a statuesque, mineral-driven spine. The Bonnes Blanches gives a wine renowned for its ageing potential, upending any assumption that bigger alcohol is necessary for longer aged dry Chenin.

Country:  France

Region:  Anjou, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC

Climate:  Cool Oceanic climate

Altitude:  12 - 77m

Soils:  Talc shales and small quartz stones

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

Fermentation:  Hand picked. Fermentation with indigenous / native yeast.

Ageing:  Aged 13 months on the gross lees in French oak frustoconical tanks (60Hl), demi-muids (600l), and barriques (228l) (average age of oak is 5 years), unfined, slight filtration at time of bottling (dieselgur diatomite)

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Biodynamic. 0.57 hectares. 10-20% incline, north facing.

ABV:  12.5%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  882264

About the Producer

Ivan Massonnat, Adrien Moreau, Jo Pithon


Anjou & Savennières, Loire Valley, France

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Anjou AOC Clos de Bonnes Blanches (Sec)
Domaine Belargus

Country:  France

Region:  Anjou, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC

The "Clos des Bonnes Blanches" is one of the emblematic plots located in Saint-Lambert du Lattay, cultivated as a single-plot by generations of local winegrowers. This walled Clos is just opposite from the domaine's most famous vineyard, Les Treilles, on the opposing bank of the Layon tributary. Being north-facing, it is their last parcel to be picked each year and known to be their most delicate expression of Chenin. The unique soils of this clos—talc shales and small quartz rocks—also play a cooling role, slowing ripening further still. This late-picked terroir produces what the domaine terms a more intellectual wine, giving very floral aromas with a unique touch of fennel and mint backed by a statuesque, mineral-driven spine. The Bonnes Blanches gives a wine renowned for its ageing potential, upending any assumption that bigger alcohol is necessary for longer aged dry Chenin.

TECHNICAL INFO

Climate:  Cool Oceanic climate

Altitude:  12 - 77m

Soils:  Talc shales and small quartz stones

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

Fermentation:  Hand picked. Fermentation with indigenous / native yeast.

Ageing:  Aged 13 months on the gross lees in French oak frustoconical tanks (60Hl), demi-muids (600l), and barriques (228l) (average age of oak is 5 years), unfined, slight filtration at time of bottling (dieselgur diatomite)

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Biodynamic. 0.57 hectares. 10-20% incline, north facing.

ABV:  12.5%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  882264

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

Anjou AOC Clos de Bonnes Blanches (Sec)
Domaine Belargus
The "Clos des Bonnes Blanches" is one of the emblematic plots located in Saint-Lambert du Lattay, cultivated as a single-plot by generations of local winegrowers. This walled Clos is just opposite from the domaine's most famous vineyard, Les Treilles, on the opposing bank of the Layon tributary. Being north-facing, it is their last parcel to be picked each year and known to be their most delicate expression of Chenin. The unique soils of this clos—talc shales and small quartz rocks—also play a cooling role, slowing ripening further still. This late-picked terroir produces what the domaine terms a more intellectual wine, giving very floral aromas with a unique touch of fennel and mint backed by a statuesque, mineral-driven spine. The Bonnes Blanches gives a wine renowned for its ageing potential, upending any assumption that bigger alcohol is necessary for longer aged dry Chenin.

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Anjou, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC

Climate:  Cool Oceanic climate

Altitude:  12 - 77m

Soils:  Talc shales and small quartz stones

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

Fermentation:  Hand picked. Fermentation with indigenous / native yeast.

Ageing:  Aged 13 months on the gross lees in French oak frustoconical tanks (60Hl), demi-muids (600l), and barriques (228l) (average age of oak is 5 years), unfined, slight filtration at time of bottling (dieselgur diatomite)

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Biodynamic. 0.57 hectares. 10-20% incline, north facing.

ABV:  12.5%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  882264

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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