Domaine Belargus

Anjou AOC Clos de Bonnes Blanches (Sec)

The "Clos des Bonnes Blanches" is one of the emblematic plots located in Saint-Lambert du Lattay, cultivated as a single-plot by generations of local winegrowers. This walled Clos is just opposite from the domaine's most famous vineyard, Les Treilles, on the opposing bank of the Layon tributary. Being north-facing, it is their last parcel to be picked each year and known to be their most delicate expression of Chenin. The unique soils of this clos—talc shales and small quartz rocks—also play a cooling role, slowing ripening further still. This late-picked terroir produces what the domaine terms a more intellectual wine, giving very floral aromas with a unique touch of fennel and mint backed by a statuesque, mineral-driven spine. The Bonnes Blanches gives a wine renowned for its ageing potential, upending any assumption that bigger alcohol is necessary for longer aged dry Chenin.
France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan

Region:  Anjou, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  12.5%

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

Cellar: The grapes for this wine are hand picked and fermented with indigenous yeast. The wine is aged 13 months on gross lees in French oak frustoconical tanks, demi-muids, and barriques, unfined, with slight diatomite filtration at bottling.

CSPC:  882264

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Domaine Belargus
Anjou AOC Clos de Bonnes Blanches (Sec)

Region:  Anjou, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC

France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan
The "Clos des Bonnes Blanches" is one of the emblematic plots located in Saint-Lambert du Lattay, cultivated as a single-plot by generations of local winegrowers. This walled Clos is just opposite from the domaine's most famous vineyard, Les Treilles, on the opposing bank of the Layon tributary. Being north-facing, it is their last parcel to be picked each year and known to be their most delicate expression of Chenin. The unique soils of this clos—talc shales and small quartz rocks—also play a cooling role, slowing ripening further still. This late-picked terroir produces what the domaine terms a more intellectual wine, giving very floral aromas with a unique touch of fennel and mint backed by a statuesque, mineral-driven spine. The Bonnes Blanches gives a wine renowned for its ageing potential, upending any assumption that bigger alcohol is necessary for longer aged dry Chenin.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  12.5%

Vineyard:  Domaine Belargus Clos de Bonnes Blanches (Sec) comes from a 0.57-hectare biodynamic vineyard at 12–77 meters altitude. The north-facing slope, with a 10–20% incline, features soils of talc shales and small quartz stones in a cool oceanic climate.

Cellar: The grapes for this wine are hand picked and fermented with indigenous yeast. The wine is aged 13 months on gross lees in French oak frustoconical tanks, demi-muids, and barriques, unfined, with slight diatomite filtration at bottling.

CSPC:  882264

Winemakers Note: []

What the Critics are saying: []

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Anjou, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Anjou AOC

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  12.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  882264

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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Joe Gurba

780-203-5284

joe@vinoalvino.ca

Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South

Kerrie Gavin

306-290-0277

kerrie@vinoalvino.ca