Organic. 100% Chenin Blanc. In most cases, Chinon’s white grapes have been shunted to the less favourable sites. At this address, all the whites are drawn from the sirloin cut of Chinon’s finest limestone terroirs. Baudry’s rare Chinon blanc hails from two small parcels: 0.8 hectares of vines behind the Château de Sonnay, propagated with cuttings from the vineyards of Domaine Huet; and the eroded limestone of Le Clos Guillot. Vine age is in the 12- to 15-year ballpark. Matthieu Baudry prefers a slow and delicate pressing and the juice ferments naturally in old 500- and 600-litre barrels until it’s dry. The wine was bottled unfiltered.