FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

MEET THE GROWER Domaine Pierre- Luc Bouchaud Pierre-Luc Bouchaud comes froma long ancestral line of growers. He joined his father following university in 1987 and quickly took over the family’s vineyards and wineries, expanding their holdings to 19 hectares. In 2006, Bouchaud was the rare recipient of the Prix d’Excellence from the Concours General Agricole in Paris. The winery is adjacent to his home in St. Fiacre-sur-Maine. Muscadet is a huge AOC, stretchingmore than 55miles, producing more white wine than any French region. Melon de Bourgogne, the grape variety inMuscadet, can produce neutral and acidic wines, if made poorly. Soil types in Muscadet are important, providing key variation onwhich Pierre- Luc capitalises. The two wines we import are from fantastic vineyard sites. Le Perd Son Pain – literally to ‘lose one’s bread’ – is so-called because of the inability of wheat to grow on the schist bed rock with the thin sandy topsoil. But happily, it is perfect for these grapevines which display the crisp acidity and delicate fruit of this terroir. The Château Thebaud cru is situated on granite bedrock. Château Thebaud is onlymade in exceptional years. Battonage occurs a few times following the winemaking and then undergoes a two-year sur lie ageing process in Bouchaud’s underground winery at cool temperatures. This is where the wine picks up its fantastic depth and rounded flavour. Yet the granite provides an austerity and balance to this delightful wine.

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