DOMAINE DE LA BONGRAN

Gauthier Thévenet

Family property, the vineyard has been passed down from generation to generation of winegrowers and stonemasons. It covers 15 hectares on the land of Quintaine. Emile then Jean and his son Gautier Thevenet, heirs to long-standing know-how, work there with the utmost respect for nature and this specific land.

Here, the terroir, where the subsoil, the white marls, shows at the vines' foot, allows the grape variety, exclusively Chardonnay, to give its full potential. It brings complexity and finesse to the wine, a fair balance between aromatic power and minerality.

For the Thévenets, the grapes' quality is fundamental, but a slow and natural vinification is essential in the search for the right expression of the terroirs. That is why the vineyard interventions or in the cellar are limited to what is strictly necessary and never hamper natural processes.

After a hand harvest, the grapes are pressed slowly and gently. The juice is then fermented in a tank with indigenous yeasts for 2 years, with a touch of residual sugar. The wine is only aged in a tank, then bottled at the estate after light filtration to preserve their natural balance. The ageing continues in the bottle for some years before being released.

For the Thévenets the quality of the grapes is fundamental, but a slow and natural vinification is essential in the search for the right expression of the terroirs. That is why the interventions in the vineyard or in the cellar are limited to what is strictly necessary and never hamper natural processes.

REGION OF PRODUCTION

Burgundy - France

APPELLATION

Viré-Clessé, Mâcon

FOUNDED

VINEYARD

15 hectares

CLIMATE

Continental climate

SOIL COMPOSITION

White Marls

VARIETIES GROWN

Chardonnay

AGRICULTURE

Organic