Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 NO20230614 Up in Italy's Alpine north

Up in Italy's Alpine north

Pitures sits mid-slope in Volnay

Lirac shares the same sun-baked

under a kilo of fruit per plant

Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 NO20230614 Up in Italy's Alpine northIf Boudignon is the star of the new Loire, La Vigne Cendree "the ashen vine" is one of his most distinctive parcels. It's a tiny half hectare plot perched high above the Chateau de Varennes, ringed by trees, sitting on a singular mosaic of purple schist, granite, and clayey silt. Thibaud bought the plot in 2014 and replanted with massale selection the following year. The farming is organic, leaning biodynamic; fermentation is with native yeast, malo