Poniatowski’s famous cru, Clos Baudoin was bought by Domaine François Chidaine in 2002. The resulting wines have a powerful and rich character, with an almost tannic minerality. An expression very different from Philippe Foreau’s vouvrays.
Average age of the vines: 70 years
Density: 6600 vines/hectares
The soils are composed of deep clays and white chalks of clay-limestone origin only. The subsoil is made up of tufa, chalk that remains within reach of the roots.
Pruning is in goblets, harvested with successive sorting, yields in the order of 20 to 25 hecto/hectare.
Pneumatic pressing of the harvest, fermentation on indigenous yeasts in demi-muids (600-litre barrels). No malolactic fermentation.
