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History

Domaine Des Baumard is situated right in the heart of the Anjou, in the town of Rochefort-Sur-Loire, just south of the town of Savennières itself. The property has been in the Baumard family since 1634, but it was reconstituted and improved by Jean Baumard in the mid-1950s. Since 1992 the estate has been run with meticulous care by Jean’s son, Florent, and the Domaine is now regarded as one of the greatest producers in the Loire Valley and one...

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Vineyards

The domaine includes several vineyards in the Coteaux du Layon appellation, from which they produce several long-lived and intense sweet wines (100% Chenin Blanc). These include several cuvées of Coteaux du Layon, a single vineyard bottling (Clos de St Catherine), and their magnificent Quarts de Chaume, a small vineyard which carries its own AOC. These wines are all capable of lasting and improving for 3-4 decades; they are among the finest wh...

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Winemaking

The estate is run according to organic principles, but is not certified organic. Florent Baumard believes in using a little intervention as possible in the vineyard and the cellar. With the 2005 vintage Baumard began bottling 100% of their production (excepting only Crémant) with Stelvin closures, becoming one of the pioneers of this technology in France.

“If [Florent Baumard] had been born a Californian, Burgundian, or Bordelais, wealthy v...

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