Description
François Chidaine’s Baudoin cuvée ranks among the great white wines of the Loire. Although downgraded due to murky political and administrative affairs, the wine comes from one of Vouvray’s finest terroirs. The tuffeau limestone gives this wine one of the finest expressions of Chenin in the Loire, luminous and vibrant. A wine with excellent ageing potential, it already impresses with its powerful aromas, body and depth. What a wine!
In the vineyard, in the cellar
- GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Chenin Blanc
- VINES: 16 years old
- ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13%
- RESIDUAL SUGAR: 1.9 g/L
- TOTAL ACIDITY: 4.62 g/L
- SOIL: composed of deep clay and white chalk, exclusively of a clay-limestone nature.
- HARVEST: hand-picked with successive sorting
- VITICULTURAL PRACTICES: The vineyard is managed using biodynamic methods. No chemical pesticides are used in the vineyard. The soil is grassed, and honey plants and nematicides are sown between the rows. The preparations used are derived solely from processed plant, animal and mineral materials. The qualities and characteristics of each terroir are thus respected. The aim is to strike a balance and create harmonious living conditions between the soil, the vines and the environment in order to produce a high-quality wine.
- VINIFICATION: After pressing in a pneumatic press, alcoholic fermentation is carried out by indigenous yeasts in demi-muids, 600-litre wooden casks. This can last up to six months. Malolactic fermentation is not encouraged.
- AGEING: This takes place on fine lees, always in demi-muids (total duration 11 months).
What to eat with François Chidaine’s Baudoin cuvée?
FOOD & WINE PAIRING
:
- Roasted cod. Sole
- Lobster. Crispy sea bass
- Matured goat’s cheeses
