Patrick Baudouin - Savennières 2014
Loire
White
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Drink or Keep
16/20
RVF
-
16/20
Bettane & Desseauve
Produced by the Patrick Baudouin wine merchant, the Domaine team harvests and selects the best of the crop. A well-structured, dry, fresh wine that goes well with elaborate dishes: fish in beurre blanc, poultry in cream sauce, mushrooms...
Features
Estate
Domaine Patrick Baudouin
Vintage
2014
Designation
Savennières
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
100% Chenin
Terroirs
Alteration of talcose ochre schist
Viticulture
certified organic
Harvest
manual
Winemaking
in 400 and 228 l Burgundy barrels (50% new, 50% 1 wine), on fine lees
Alcohol content
13,5%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
beautiful pale yellow colour
Nose
very ripe, dense
Mouth
structured and fresh
Serve
at 10-12°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink from
2017
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
goes very well with fish in beurre blanc, poultry in cream sauce, mushrooms...
Patrick Baudouin Estate
Savennières
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2017 guide) 16/20 (Very good wine)
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)
About the domain :
Patrick Baudouin worked in a thousand different professions before establishing himself as a bookseller in Paris. It was at the age of 40 that he decided to return to the family domaine, which was living off a hectare and a half. His readings helped him rediscover the essence of the great Layon liquoreux wines, before beet sugar and almost systematic chaptalization smoothed out these golden wines. As a purist, he has chosen the path of excellence, without compromise. When he started out in 1990, he only made sweet wines. Encouraged by François Raveneau, a leading Chablis winemaker, he began growing dry white wines in 2001. With 14 hectares of vines (including 10 hectares of Chenin, with one hectare in Quarts de Chaume and 90 ares in Savennières), located on the most spectacular terroirs of Anjou Noir (schist, sandstone and volcanic rock) and cultivated organically, he and his faithful assistant Christophe Durand (who joined in 2012) chisel out magnificent whites. A model estate, a must-see for those seeking the unadulterated identity of Chenin.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2017 guide) 16/20 (Very good wine)
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the domain :
Patrick Baudouin, an energetic sixty-something, fought to impose the production of natural sweet wines in Layon at the end of the 20th century. This former Parisian bookseller, who returned to the land of his ancestors in Anjou in the early 1990s, has been through many vicissitudes. The arrival of a majority financial partner (Union Harmonie Mutuelles) has enabled the estate to acquire additional resources and achieve high quality objectives. The work undertaken is bearing fruit, and the wines have never been so accomplished, with fine reds but above all white Anjous illustrating the diversity of the terroirs and, in the sweet category, an admirable quarts-de-chaume. More than ever, Patrick Baudoin plays an active role in promoting Anjou chenin.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3.8/5
out of 4 reviews
Note and review by M. LODEWIJK V. Published on 06/07/2022
A good wine but the 25€ was too expensive for this quality.
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Note and review by M. LAURENT T. Published on 30/12/2021
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Note and review by M. JACKY T. Published on 19/07/2020
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Note and review by M. DIMITRI R. Published on 02/03/2020
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