Thibaud Boudignon, Anjou Blanc A Francoise , 2023 (1.5L) reasonable_cellar_2022 The 2023 was challenging —

The 2023 was challenging — cold

and Jean Foillard

and pepper wound around a mineral core

The name 'Pa'lante'—forward in Spanish—reflects the producer's philosophy of contemporary craft applied to traditional categories

Thibaud Boudignon, Anjou Blanc A Francoise , 2023 (1.5L) reasonable_cellar_2022 The 2023 was challenging —Magnum format of Boudignon's most personal wine. The Anjou Blanc Franoise is named for his late mother Franoise and his father Franois; he only releases it in vintages he feels honor them. The 2023 comes from his oldest Chenin Blanc vines (around 40 years) planted on shallow schist, rhyolite and sand, and is aged the extra two years that have become standard for this cuve since 2021. In magnum, the slower oxygen exchange amplifies everything Boudignon