Loire Stéphane Bernaudeau Terres Blanches 2015 Bottle (75cl)
Loire Stéphane Bernaudeau Terres Blanches 2015 is a white wine from France produced in the Loire by Stéphane Bernaudeau. This Chenin Blanc cuvée comes from a small parcel trained in gobelet, planted on limestone soils. Terres Blanches comes from old vines, some over eighty years old, and expresses the single-plot identity sought by the estate.
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
- Terres Blanches
- 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.
Terres Blanches
Les Terres Blanches is a dry white Chenin blanc wine produced by Stéphane Bernaudeau as a Vin de France. It comes from a distinct parcel of old vines planted on light, predominantly clay-limestone soils. The parcel is vinified separately, which classifies this reference as a true single-parcel cuvee rather than an appellation or a simple regulatory mention.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name refers to the light-colored soils, rich in white clay and limestone, of the parcel from which the wine originates.
- Style of the cuvée
- A dry Chenin blanc, generally broad and textured, marked by acidic tension, chalky expression, and significant aging potential.
- Position within the range
- A historic single-parcel old-vine cuvee, among the most sought-after Chenin blancs of the estate.
Histoire de la cuvée
Les Terres Blanches is one of the historic parcels farmed by Stéphane Bernaudeau around Martigné-Briand. Available sources confirm its enduring presence in the range, but do not establish its first vintage with certainty.
