Domaine Mark Angeli Ferme de la Sansonnière Les Blanderies 2020 Bouteille (75cl)
Domaine Mark Angeli Ferme de la Sansonnière Les Blanderies 2020 is a Loire white wine classified as Vin de France, crafted by Mark Angeli from Chenin Blanc. This cuvée comes from a five-hectare vineyard with predominantly schist soils. The grapes are hand-harvested in successive passes and undergo spontaneous fermentation without commercial yeasts. Ageing in oak barrels lasts from 12 to 24 months, imparting structure and complexity to this Loire Chenin.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Loire
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Mark Angeli Ferme de la Sansonnière
- Cuvée
- Les Blanderies
- Millésime
- 2020
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chenin Blanc
Domaine Mark Angeli Ferme de la Sansonnière
Established in Thouarcé, in the Anjou vineyard, Ferme de la Sansonnière is managed by Mark Angeli and his son Martial. The estate primarily cultivates Chenin Blanc, complemented by Grolleau, on a mosaic of schists and clays worked biodynamically. Vinifications favor native yeasts, vertical pressing, and long aging in used vessels.
- Owner
- Mark et Martial Angeli
- Maître de chais
- Mark et Martial Angeli
- Surface (ha)
- 7.80 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 20000
Histoire du domaine
The winemaking origins of Ferme de la Sansonnière date back to the 15th century, when its vines belonged to the local lord Jean de Villeneuve and were cultivated by sharecroppers. In the 19th century, the property passed to the de Russon family, based at Château de Bonnezeaux. Farmed under a sharecropping agreement since 1958, the parcel was acquired by the Cesbron family in the late 1970s. A former mason trained in viticulture at Château La Tour Blanche in Sauternes under Jean-Luc Dantou, Mark Angeli bought the farm in 1989 and applied biodynamics from his very first vintage in 1990. Despite the initial reception given to these then-marginal practices in Anjou, he benefited from the support of the Foucault brothers of Clos Rougeard; a feature by La Revue du vin de France in 1991 subsequently helped make his wines known. After producing renowned sweet Bonnezeaux, Mark Angeli gradually steered the estate toward dry or off-dry Chenin Blancs, including from parcels historically falling under Bonnezeaux, and also developed Grolleau. His son Martial now works alongside him and has participated in vinification since 2021, ensuring the estate's continuity.
Les Blanderies
Les Blanderies is a single-plot cuvée of chenin blanc, distinct from Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies. Historically documented as a sweet Coteaux-du-Layon, it is now marketed as a Vin de France, notably as a dry white. It expresses a plot adjacent to that of the old vines, but with a slightly different soil.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name comes from the Les Blanderies plot or lieu-dit, which is the source of the chenin used for this cuvée.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1996
- Style of the cuvée
- Single-plot chenin blanc generally vinified today as a dry white, with a broad, deep, and fresh profile, supported by a saline and mineral framework and crafted to evolve in the bottle.
- Position within the range
- A single-plot cuvée distinct from Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies, the latter representing the rarest selection.
Histoire de la cuvée
A bottling of Les Blanderies is documented as early as the 1996 vintage under the Coteaux-du-Layon appellation, as a sweet wine. The reference was subsequently maintained as a distinct wine of the estate and now appears as a Vin de France, alongside the Les Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies cuvée.
