Exciting New Saumur Producer, Now In Stock | Etienne Bodet

Etienne Bodet is a native of the Saumur region, where his family owns a domaine in Montreuil-Bellay. He trained with Sylvain Pataille, Aurélien Gerbais, Bernard Baudry, François Dal, Romain Guiberteau (who is also his stepfather), and was on the winemaking team at Clos Rougeard from 2021 through 2023.

In 2015, Etienne received the 1.4 ha Clos Durandière as a wedding present from his family. Etienne Bodet is one of the Loire’s most compelling new voices, bringing a rare combination of technical precision and instinctive, low-intervention sensibility to everything he touches.   This is a domaine to watch and we are excited to offer these new releases, now in stock...

2023 Etienne Bodet Saumur Blanc ‘Graippeaux’
Chenin Blanc 100% planted in 1947 and 1955.  On a northwest-facing hillside, sandy glauconitic olive chalk (tuffeau) with calcareous sandstone.

Ambient yeast fermentation in used barrels, full malolactic conversion, aged for 2 years in barrels and demi muids (new and used), SO2 added at bottling (less than 20 ppm).

2022 Etienne Bodet Saumur ‘Clos Durandière’
Cabernet Franc 100% planted in 1983.  This clos is surrounded by the wall of the Château de la Durandière, belonging to Etienne's family, and the neighboring forest. The vineyard is among only 20ha in Saumur with a hard Bathonian limestone bedrock from the Jurassic period, as opposed to the more typical tuffeau.

Vinified with native yeasts, partial whole cluster inclusion (up to 35%), no punch-downs or pump-overs.  Pressed to a mix of new and seasoned barrels (up to three years old) and matured for two years.  Bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition (19 ppm total) and matured in bottle a further six months prior to release.

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