Chateau de Bonnezeaux

VdF Chenin Blanc 'Frimas' 2023

Name: VdF Chenin Blanc 'Frimas' 2023
Brand: Chateau de Bonnezeaux
SKU: BONNfrimas23
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100% Chenin Blanc. Due to the great crop loss in 2019, they bought grapes from a close neighboring parcel with the same geographic situation as Bonnezeaux, clay soils and schist. 2019 was first vintage. The 2020 release of Frimas is a multi vintage wine (75% ‘20 & 25% ‘21). The majority is composed from estate parcels with 25% grapes purchased from their organic neighbors. At harvest, they did a soft (basket) press and then encouraged a native ferment as they used to do for the other cuvées : Fermentation in cuves for around 3 weeks and aging for at least 12 months. Then bottling in November with a light filtration, 2g SO2/hl for bottling. All the barrels are at least 5 years old.

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Chateau de Bonnezeaux's history as a wine estate goes as far back as the early 19th century. (You're probably wondering why you haven't heard of this winery before. Well, for the last three decades they haven't made a single bottle of wine.) 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!

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VdF Chenin Blanc 'Frimas' 2023

VdF Chenin Blanc 'Frimas' 2023

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