Domaine Patrick Baudouin - Savennières Bellevue 2016
Loire
White
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14,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
" Full-bodied Chenin, full-bodied, easy and elegant." (Le Guide des vins Bettane & Desseauve) This cuvée is named after the "Bellevue" plot planted in 2009, on schist soil. The wine has a beautiful aromatic expression, it's structured, dry and fresh, and demands to be paired with refined dishes: fish in beurre blanc, poultry in cream sauce, mushrooms. Chenin de Terroir!
Features
Estate
Domaine Patrick Baudouin
Cuvée
Bellevue
Vintage
2016
Designation
Savennières
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
100% Chenin
Terroirs
Alteration of ochre talc schist. Gently sloping, south-facing, in the commune of Savennières, overlooking the Loire.
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Sulfur-free vinification until the first racking. Gentle pressing with juice selection, natural settling for 24 hours on fine lees, slow fermentation.
Breeding
In 400 and 228 l Burgundy barrels (new and from several wines) on fine lees. Total alcoholic and malolactic fermentation.
Alcohol content
13%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Pale yellow colour
Nose
Beautifully mature, dense aromatic palette
Mouth
Racy, structured and fresh
Serve
AT 10-12°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Goes well with refined dishes, fish in beurre blanc, poultry in cream sauce, mushrooms...
Patrick Baudouin Estate
Savennières
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 14.5/20 (Good wine)
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)
About the wine:
Fleshy Chenin, full-bodied, easy and elegant.
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
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
4/5
out of 2 reviews
Note and review by M. PASCAL C. Published on 01/04/2022
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Note and review by M. PATRICK M. Published on 16/12/2019
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