2022 Domaine Belargus Savennières "Gaudrets", Loire Valley, France
ABOUT THIS WINE
Gaudrets comes from several southeastern-facing parcels totaling 1.85-hectares, all planted on a plateau of black schist and fine sand above the village of Savennières. These upper reaches of Savennières are noted for their floral, generous, and approachable style of wine – one in contrast with the powerfully firm and often backward expression one finds on the famed slopes that face the Loire. Grapes are hand harvested, direct pressed, and fermented using native yeasts. Wine is then aged for 13 months in oak vats and 400L French oak barrels.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Domaine Belargus was created in 2018 after Jo Pithon sold his estate to Ivan Massonnat. Ivan is a passionate wine enthusiast who has long believed in Chenin Blanc’s potential for diverse terroir expression equal to Pinot Noir in Burgundy. Now totaling 24 hectares, Ivan has assembled a collection of parcels and monopoles in the Anjou Noir – the geologically complex and ancient volcanic vineyard lands that stretch from Savennières in the northwest to Bonnezeaux in the southeast. The fame of this region was established in the 11th century, and royal courts across Europe served these wines until phylloxera devasted the region in the late 19th century. Replanted in the early 20th century the Anjou Noir saw the only 1er & Grand Cru designations in the Loire Valley. By the 1970s however, industrial farming and shortcuts in the cellar seemed to have irrevocably tarnished the region’s reputation. But starting in the 1980s a new generation of vignerons began to chart a new and promising future, among whom was Jo Pithon who rediscovered and rejuvenated the dramatic and lost terroir of Coteau des Treilles – the “Côte Rotie” of the Layon Valley. With Ivan Massonnat stepping in to carry on Jo’s efforts, the future of wines in the Anjou looks more promising than ever.
With a team that includes winemaker Adrien Moreau, vineyard manager Amaury Chartier, and consultants Jo Pithon and Guy Bossard, Ivan has created a collection of wines that not only reflect the future of Anjou but he has revived the reputation of Coteaux du Layon and Chaume.
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ABOUT THIS WINE
Gaudrets comes from several southeastern-facing parcels totaling 1.85-hectares, all planted on a plateau of black schist and fine sand above the village of Savennières. These upper reaches of Savennières are noted for their floral, generous, and approachable style of wine – one in contrast with the powerfully firm and often backward expression one finds on the famed slopes that face the Loire. Grapes are hand harvested, direct pressed, and fermented using native yeasts. Wine is then aged for 13 months in oak vats and 400L French oak barrels.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Domaine Belargus was created in 2018 after Jo Pithon sold his estate to Ivan Massonnat. Ivan is a passionate wine enthusiast who has long believed in Chenin Blanc’s potential for diverse terroir expression equal to Pinot Noir in Burgundy. Now totaling 24 hectares, Ivan has assembled a collection of parcels and monopoles in the Anjou Noir – the geologically complex and ancient volcanic vineyard lands that stretch from Savennières in the northwest to Bonnezeaux in the southeast. The fame of this region was established in the 11th century, and royal courts across Europe served these wines until phylloxera devasted the region in the late 19th century. Replanted in the early 20th century the Anjou Noir saw the only 1er & Grand Cru designations in the Loire Valley. By the 1970s however, industrial farming and shortcuts in the cellar seemed to have irrevocably tarnished the region’s reputation. But starting in the 1980s a new generation of vignerons began to chart a new and promising future, among whom was Jo Pithon who rediscovered and rejuvenated the dramatic and lost terroir of Coteau des Treilles – the “Côte Rotie” of the Layon Valley. With Ivan Massonnat stepping in to carry on Jo’s efforts, the future of wines in the Anjou looks more promising than ever.
With a team that includes winemaker Adrien Moreau, vineyard manager Amaury Chartier, and consultants Jo Pithon and Guy Bossard, Ivan has created a collection of wines that not only reflect the future of Anjou but he has revived the reputation of Coteaux du Layon and Chaume.
