Thibaud Boudignon, Savennieres "Clos de la Hutte", 2023 SO031726 Luigi Einaudi Where Blanchots emphasizes concentrated depth

Where Blanchots emphasizes concentrated depth

A traditional French "triple-sec"

and a smoky

neutral oak barrels and given extended aging as well as time sur lattes

Meix Foulot lets its wines arrive when they're actually ready to drink — and here that means a 2020 red with six years of age already behind it

Thibaud Boudignon, Savennieres "Clos de la Hutte", 2023 SO031726 Luigi Einaudi Where Blanchots emphasizes concentrated depthBoudignon's grand cru Chenin Blanc, full stop. Clos de la Hutte is a tiny walled vineyard in the hamlet of La Possonnire, planted in 2011 on solid schist (Anjou Noir) with only the thinnest skin of clay and sand topsoil vines essentially rooted in fractured Paleozoic bedrock. That severe terroir gives the wine its character: fuller and more brooding than Boudignon's sandier parcels, with an almost crystalline mineral core. The 2023 is bone dry, taut