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Etienne Bodet - Saumur Blanc Graippeaux 2023
Etienne Bodet - Saumur Blanc Graippeaux 2023
A serious Chenin with depth and texture, also freshness, chalky minerality and a restrained, elegant profile
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Varieties: Chenin Blanc
Surface Area: 1.5 ha (3.70 ac)
Vine Age: Planted in 1947 and 1955
Terroir: On a northwest-facing hillside, sandy glauconitic olive chalk (tuffeau) with calcareous sandstone, well-draining.
Viticulture: Organic, biodynamic practices, Guyot-Poussard pruning.
Vinification: Directly pressed, settled, ambient yeast fermentation in used barrels, full malolactic conversion, aged for 2 years in barrels and demi muids (new and used), SO2 added at bottling (less than 20 ppm).
The Producer
Étienne Bodet is part of the 5th generation of a family of vignerons, who have owned the vineyards in the right bank of Montreiul-Bellay since the end of the 19th Century. He also amassed a fortune of experience, having worked at prominent domaines and with significant names in Champagne, Burgundy and the Loire, including Sylvain Pataille, Bernard Baudry, François Dal, Aurélien Gerbais, the Guiberteau estate and the Clos Rougeard. He still currently works at Clos Rougeard.