2021 Benoit Courault, Empreinte Blanc VdF Region_NiederosterreichBenoit Courault manages his estate in Faye d'Anjou, a village in the Loire Valley where he has practiced organic and biodynamic farming since establishing the property in 2006. This wine is made from Chenin Blanc, grown in the estate's characteristic schist soils that define the local Anjou terroir. In the glass, it shows clear notes of orchard fruit and quince, framed by a tactile, structured texture and a distinct mineral edge. The 2021 vintage was
~5-day cold soak
The 2023 vintage gave them exactly what they needed — good tension
and earthy mineral undertones
sanguine feeling you get from Morey and the spicy
the wine benefits from deep Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils rich in marine fossils
yielding a vertical structure defined by racy acidity and persistent
under Erich and Johannes Weber
Iban and Teo
allowing the wine's intrinsic floral notes and mineral clarity to really shine
these are archetypal examples that remain smartly priced given both the quality of their old-vine holdings in some of the most hallowed terroir in the Cote de Nuits and their obvious overall class
and the kind of balance that has made Souhaut one of the most sought-after producers in the region
Gets better each vintage