Savennières Clos le Grand Beaupréau

In the glass

Aroma: lemon zest, white peach, wet stone, white flower

Palate: citrus, stone fruit, creamy lees, saline mineral

Single-vineyard Savennières from schist and eolian sand on the summit of the Epiré hill within the AOC. Slow indigenous-yeast ferments and 18 months of barrel-and-foudre raise.

What it pairs with

• Roast chicken with tarragon
  White-meat poultry meets the wine's lees creaminess and stone-fruit depth.
• Sole bonne femme
  Mushroom-shallot cream sauce meets the wine's chalky mineral and saline lift.
• Goat cheese tartlets
  Loire chèvre meets Chenin's chalky drive; lifted aromatics handle the puff pastry.
• Aged Comté
  Hazelnut crystallisation in 24+ month Comté finds the wine's creamy lees and stone fruit.

History

Emmanuel Ogereau manages five generations of Anjou viticulture across 23 hectares. Clos le Grand Beaupréau is the family's flagship Savennières, from the summit of the Epiré hill within the AOC.

1. 2010: Single-vineyard Clos le Grand Beaupréau bottling established

Facts

Producer

Domaine Ogereau · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Savennières AOC

Oak

Fermented in 400-litre oak barrels and 2,000-litre foudre; 18 months on lees, 15 percent new oak

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 28 to 45 at retail

Drinking window

3-15 from vintage

First vintage

2010

Biodynamic

Biodynamic Practicing

Organic

ECOCERT

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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