Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 web-unpublished This impressive chardonnay is defined

This impressive chardonnay is defined by its linear precision and consistent tension

Made from a selection of the estate's best grand cru grapes

and generously styled Champagne with a fine mousse

and the name of this bottling is not subtle about it

and the wine is showing all the tertiary complexity collectors wait for

Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 web-unpublished This impressive chardonnay is definedIf Boudignon is the star of the new Loire, La Vigne Cendree "the ashen vine" is one of his most distinctive parcels. It's a tiny half hectare plot perched high above the Chateau de Varennes, ringed by trees, sitting on a singular mosaic of purple schist, granite, and clayey silt. Thibaud bought the plot in 2014 and replanted with massale selection the following year. The farming is organic, leaning biodynamic; fermentation is with native yeast, malo