Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres Clos Devant le Jeu 2023 champagne-template His family grew Albarino here

His family grew Albarino here for generations before bottling their own in 2006

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drawn from selected parcels of mature vines and made with the same low-intervention care as the pricier single-vineyard bottlings

Releases like this appear occasionally and then vanish

A delightfully complex refreshing alternative to demi sec champagne

Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres Clos Devant le Jeu 2023 champagne-template His family grew Albarino hereThibaud Boudignon's Savennieres and Anjou Chenin rank among the best in the world, and Clos Devant le Jeu is one of his most exciting newer sites. The two hectare clos sits on warm, south facing slopes of shallow grey schist with a touch of sand. Thibaud planted it in stages beginning in 2020, using massale selections drawn from some of the Loire's finest estates rather than commercial clones, the kind of detail that defines him as a vigneron in the