Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytised sweet Chenin Blanc from a south-facing tuffeau parcel. The estate's rare dessert cuvee: candied apricot, honey and saffron over a saline mineral spine, built for decades.
Cuvées
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-vineyard Coteaux du Layon from Baumard's Clos Sainte Catherine. Late-harvest Chenin with honey, peach and chalky lift, the Baumard's most approachable sweet wine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis Chenin Blanc from schist parcels above the Layon. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over Anjou Noir schist's mineral spine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Ogereau's flagship Coteaux du Layon Saint-Lambert from Clos des Bonnes Blanches. Botrytis Chenin Blanc with honey, apricot and saffron over chalky depth.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru AOC. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus on a multi-decade-cellar frame, the Baumard's flagship dessert wine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Pierre-Bise's Quarts de Chaume parcels. Honey, apricot and saffron over a multi-decade-cellar frame.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Patrick Baudouin's botrytis Chenin Blanc from Quarts de Chaume schist. Intense honey and apricot over Anjou Noir schist's mineral spine; multi-decade-cellar.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Clos du Bourg in late-harvest conditions. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over the cuvée's signature chalky acidity.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Botrytis-affected late-harvest Chenin Blanc from Foreau's tuffeau-limestone parcels in Vouvray. Bottled only a few times per decade, with documented multi-decade cellaring potential.