Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2021 | saline Chenin Blanc — 6 days ago

Doug Powers

9.0

So, dry Savennieres from Baumard, the famed Trie Speciale, Chenin Blanc, color is orange, showing its age, but still lovely fruit, citrus, dried apricot, not really sweet, but solid Savennieres!! — 5 months ago

with Jim

Ned Gray Creed

9.4

Dessert wine 1. She makes lemon ginger ice cream, but using double Creme. It was like ricotta style. Insane. — 6 years ago

with Mark and Matt

romo

9.3

Consistent notes. Maybe a bit darker but still lithe and copper-y. — 17 days ago

Ed Chin

9.0

No flaws, but no real excitement either. Even the aromatics were a bit underwhelming. — 5 months ago

Sharon B

9.0

Hopefully this will open up after time. This is light bodied and I really like a more full bodied wine. My brother gave this to me, he loves his French wine! — 4 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.4

100% Chenin Blanc. The nose is pure and fresh Chenin: the lanolin calling card is there, with loads of fresh green apple and pear, meyer lemon and its citrus florals, and a clear transfusion of minerality. The palate was med/med+ in body with med+ down the line for acidity, flavor density, and length. The minerality really comes through on the mid-palate and finish as this and the acidity are the core of this wine’s energy that light up the fruit and florals on gorgeous display.

A remarkable effort for the first vintage of this new vigneron. Drink now or hold 5-8 years. It could go more so I am being conservative since there is no track record. #CHENINCHENINCHENIN

This was tasted the other day in a Loire Chenin lineup of some of the greats from Chidaine, Huet, Belliviere and Baumard.

About the Wine & Winemaker
In the cellar, Olivier's goal is to reduce the number of filters between the fruit and the wine. Once the Chenin is pressed on an old vertical press, fermentations start spontaneously on wild yeasts and in fiberglass tanks. Once the fermentation is ready, the must is transferred to neutral barrels by gravity and left untouched for 12 months until racking and bottling.

After visiting several vineyards, Olivier was able to take up parcels ideally located on the hill of Montbenault, on the edge of the plot of Richard Leroy. It is also Richard who testifies to the colossal work that Olivier Lejeune undertook to give back life to vineyards that were almost fallow. 1 year of pick, manual weeding, pulling ... but the result is there.

“Poiesis” comes from the same Greek root as the word “poesy”. Poesy is the the art or composition of poetry while Poiesis is the activity through which a person brings something into being that did not exist before. These concepts are at the heart of Clos des Plantes. — 6 years ago

Doug Powers

9.1

Crisp, super clean and refreshing, dry Chenin Blanc, looks and tastes like a 5-year-old Loire, relatively rich as well, this is (I think?) Baumard’s entry-level Savennieres, and this vintage is quite outstanding!! — 2 months ago

with Jim

Bonnie Chu

9.1

With a foie lasagna of sorts — a year ago

Richard Portes

9.4

17.5. Savennieres doesn’t get much better. This has more acidity than the usual Baumard or Joly, but lots of fruit, v long. Could hold 5+ years. — 5 years ago