Anjou Blanc Le Cornillard

In the glass

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

Palate: citrus, stone fruit, saline mineral, honey

Single-vineyard Anjou Blanc from a tiny 0.8-hectare east-facing schist parcel above the Layon. Vines 50 to 70 years old produce highly mineral, age-worthy dry Chenin.

What it pairs with

• Pike-perch with beurre blanc
  Loire freshwater fish in butter sauce meets the wine's saline mineral and stone-fruit depth.
• Sole bonne femme
  Mushroom-shallot cream sauce meets the wine's chalky drive and honey lift.
• Roast chicken with mushrooms
  White-meat poultry and earthy mushroom; the wine's body and acid handle roasting jus.
• Aged Sainte-Maure de Touraine
  Ashed Loire goat cheese with schist Chenin; the wine's saline edge echoes the rind.

History

Patrick Baudouin took over his great-grandparents' estate in 1990 after twelve years in the workforce. Le Cornillard is bottled from a tiny 0.8-hectare schist parcel of 50 to 70-year-old vines.

1. 1990: Patrick Baudouin takes over the family estate
2. 1995: Single-vineyard Le Cornillard bottling established

Facts

Producer

Domaine Patrick Baudouin · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Anjou AOC

Oak

Fermented in older oak demi-muids; aged around 12 months on fine lees

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 35 to 55 at retail

Drinking window

3-15 from vintage

First vintage

1995

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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