Thibaud Boudignon, Anjou Blanc A Francoise, 2023 SO071725 Mellot A fascinating

A fascinating

Paris-born and trained across Perpignan

terroir-driven style — long cold soaks

Unlike high-proof or ultra-aged ryes

with the energy of a perfect summer afternoon

Thibaud Boudignon, Anjou Blanc A Francoise, 2023 SO071725 Mellot A fascinatingA son's tribute, bottled. Thibaud Boudignon names this top Anjou Blanc for his late mother Franoise and his father Franois, declining to release the cuve in any vintage where he feels the wine wouldn't honor them. The fruit comes from his oldest Chenin Blanc vines (around 40 years) on shallow schist, rhyolite and sand in Anjou, and beginning with 2021 the wine gets two extra years of aging before release. The 2023 is laser cut and weightless on its