Loire Stéphane Bernaudeau Les Onglés 2015 Bouteille (75cl)
Les Onglés 2015 is a white wine from the Loire Valley in France, crafted by Stéphane Bernaudeau. This cuvée is made from Chenin Blanc, the iconic grape variety of Anjou. For this vintage, the grapes are harvested by hand; fermentation is carried out with native yeasts, and the wine is aged for twelve months in barrels on fine lees before being bottled without filtration. A white wine with a generous texture, driven by a mineral and saline expression.
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
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Producteur / Domaine
- Stéphane Bernaudeau
- Cuvée
- Les Onglés
- Millésime
- 2015
Stéphane Bernaudeau
In Martigné-Briand, in the Layon region, Stéphane Bernaudeau single-handedly farms approximately 3.5 hectares primarily dedicated to Chenin Blanc. His single-plot wines, notably Les Nourrissons, Les Terres Blanches, and Les Onglés, originate from terroirs situated where the schists of Anjou noir meet the clay-limestone soils of Anjou blanc. Production, at around 6,000 bottles per year, remains extremely limited.
- Owner
- Stéphane Bernaudeau
- Maître de chais
- Stéphane Bernaudeau
- Surface (ha)
- 3.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 6000
Histoire du domaine
After training in forestry, Stéphane Bernaudeau joined Mark Angeli at Ferme de la Sansonnière in the 1990s, where he gained extensive experience in viticulture and vinification. In November 1999, Éric Calcutt transferred Les Nourrissons to him—a 71-are and 24-centiare plot located in the lieu-dit Mihoudy, in the commune of Aubigné-sur-Layon, planted with Chenin Blanc in 1910 on phylladic schist. Stéphane Bernaudeau produced his first vintage in 2000 while continuing to work alongside Mark Angeli for nearly twenty years in total. He left La Sansonnière in December 2015 to dedicate himself entirely to his own estate, established in Cornu, near Martigné-Briand. His vineyard has gradually expanded around small Chenin Blanc plots, including Les Terres Blanches and Les Onglés, the latter of which has been farmed by the estate since 2014. Stéphane Bernaudeau single-handedly manages the cultivation of some 3.5 hectares as well as the crafting of an annual production approaching 6,000 bottles.
Les Onglés
Les Onglés is a dry Chenin Blanc white wine released as Vin de France, originating from a distinct schist parcel with a south-westerly exposure. Fermentation and aging take place in old barrels, generally for about a year on the lees. This single-parcel origin and its relatively cold terroir set it apart from Stéphane Bernaudeau's other wines.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name evokes fingers numbed by the cold during work in this particularly frost-prone parcel.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2014
- Style of the cuvée
- A dry Chenin that is generally taut, energetic, and saline, combining textural depth, freshness, and the mineral expression of schist.
- Position within the range
- A single-parcel Chenin cuvée, distinct from the estate's other parcel expressions.
Histoire de la cuvée
The Les Onglés parcel has been farmed by Stéphane Bernaudeau since 2014, the year corresponding to the first documented release under this name. It is one of the sites vinified and bottled separately by the producer.
