Chateau de Bonnezeaux la Montagne 2023
An abandoned parcel neglected for a generation, cleared by hand in 2015. First vintage produced was 2016. This plot is just 5 minutes down the road from the Prevost plot but is classified as Coteaux du Layon. Vines are an average of 40 years olds. Year after year this parcel offers Chenin of freshness and vitality.
Chateau de Bonnezeaux's history as a wine estate goes as far back as the early 19th century. In the early 1980s, the winery was shut down and its holdings were rented out. Soon after, the arrangements with local winemakers fell apart and the vines were abandoned.
In 2012, the family decided to resurrect this historic estate with their cousin Guyonne Saclier de la Bâtie at the helm. Part of the group of winemakers in the Anjou Noir shaking things up and strongly influenced by her work with Mark Angeli and Stéphane Bernaudeau, she set out to produce dry chenins from the great terroirs of Bonnezaux. After spending two years replanting the vineyards, 2016 was the first year Guyonne and her family felt comfortable keeping the entire production and, in turn, her inaugural vintage made quite a splash.
Guyonne left the estate in 2019 but the story continues today under the youthful stewardship of Léa Meslet and Pierre Boisseaux, who together exude new energy into this historic property. Observing their ambitious replantation project, a commitment to organic vine management, micro yields, vertical champagne presses and prolonged aging in barrels, we are confident these beloved, and increasingly sought after wines are in good hands with these two. We just wish there was more bottles to be had!
La Montagne is the name of one the three south-southwest-facing hills in Bonnezeaux. The other two are Fesles and Beauregard. At the top of the old vineyard in Bonnezeaux there is a lot of clay. Under the old vineyard and the younger vineyards there is a lot of broken schist. The old vineyard has more schist.
Original: $57.99
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Description
An abandoned parcel neglected for a generation, cleared by hand in 2015. First vintage produced was 2016. This plot is just 5 minutes down the road from the Prevost plot but is classified as Coteaux du Layon. Vines are an average of 40 years olds. Year after year this parcel offers Chenin of freshness and vitality.
Chateau de Bonnezeaux's history as a wine estate goes as far back as the early 19th century. In the early 1980s, the winery was shut down and its holdings were rented out. Soon after, the arrangements with local winemakers fell apart and the vines were abandoned.
In 2012, the family decided to resurrect this historic estate with their cousin Guyonne Saclier de la Bâtie at the helm. Part of the group of winemakers in the Anjou Noir shaking things up and strongly influenced by her work with Mark Angeli and Stéphane Bernaudeau, she set out to produce dry chenins from the great terroirs of Bonnezaux. After spending two years replanting the vineyards, 2016 was the first year Guyonne and her family felt comfortable keeping the entire production and, in turn, her inaugural vintage made quite a splash.
Guyonne left the estate in 2019 but the story continues today under the youthful stewardship of Léa Meslet and Pierre Boisseaux, who together exude new energy into this historic property. Observing their ambitious replantation project, a commitment to organic vine management, micro yields, vertical champagne presses and prolonged aging in barrels, we are confident these beloved, and increasingly sought after wines are in good hands with these two. We just wish there was more bottles to be had!
La Montagne is the name of one the three south-southwest-facing hills in Bonnezeaux. The other two are Fesles and Beauregard. At the top of the old vineyard in Bonnezeaux there is a lot of clay. Under the old vineyard and the younger vineyards there is a lot of broken schist. The old vineyard has more schist.
