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An outsider to the world of winegrowing, Alexandra de Vazeilles fell in love with Domaine des Bachelards in 2012. Formidably surrounded (Claude and Lydia Bourguignon for agronomy, Stéphane Derenoncourt for vinification, Bernard Burtschy for wine style), she manages her 12 hectares with unshakeable convictions: high-density plots (10,000 vines/ha), biodynamic viticulture, manual harvesting in crates, long ageing in barrels and foudres. These wines are full-bodied, deep and velvety, and are sure to age well. Wines with a strong personality, just like their owner.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Fleurie is the reference cuvée, 6 ha in one piece, vines aged from 40 to 100 years on pink granite, the most delicate and subtle wines of the estate.

An outsider to the world of winegrowing, Alexandra de Vazeilles fell in love with Domaine des Bachelards in 2012. Formidably surrounded (Claude and Lydia Bourguignon for agronomy, Stéphane Derenoncourt for vinification, Bernard Burtschy for wine style), she manages her 12 hectares with unshakeable convictions: high-density plots (10,000 vines/ha), biodynamic viticulture, manual harvesting in crates, long ageing in barrels and foudres. These wines are full-bodied, deep and velvety, and are sure to age well. Wines with a strong personality, just like their owner.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Its Moulin-à-Vent is fresh, complex and the finest of the range, made from 1.25 ha of black granite and schist.

An outsider to the world of winegrowing, Alexandra de Vazeilles fell in love with Domaine des Bachelards in 2012. Formidably surrounded (Claude and Lydia Bourguignon for agronomy, Stéphane Derenoncourt for vinification, Bernard Burtschy for wine style), she manages her 12 hectares with unshakeable convictions: high-density plots (10,000 vines/ha), biodynamic viticulture, manual harvesting in crates, long ageing in barrels and foudres. These wines are full-bodied, deep and velvety, and are sure to age well. Wines with a strong personality, just like their owner.

Rated one star in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Its Moulin-à-Vent is fresh, complex and the finest of the range, made from 1.25 ha of black granite and schist.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Georges Vernay was in his time known as the "Pope of Condrieu", resurrecting this appellation which counted only 7 ha in 1960 (nearly 200 ha today). Since 1997, his daughter Christine has continued his work step by step with the creation of new vintages (Les Terrasses de l'Empire, Maison Rouge, Blonde du Seigneur...) for a better parcel management and the conversion of the whole vineyard to biodynamic farming.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

The Vouvray wines of Domaine Chidaine (Les Argiles, Baudoin) are hidden under the appellation Vin de France. They can no longer claim the Vouvray appellation since 2011 because they are vinified at the estate in Montlouis-sur-Loire (i.e. on the other side of the bridge over the Loire) and not in the commune of Vouvray. The INAO has reasons that reason does not know!

It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

The Vouvray wines of Domaine Chidaine (Les Argiles, Baudoin) are hidden under the appellation Vin de France. They can no longer claim the Vouvray appellation since 2011 because they are vinified at the estate in Montlouis-sur-Loire (i.e. on the other side of the bridge over the Loire) and not in the commune of Vouvray. The INAO has reasons that reason does not know!

It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Clos du Breuil, slender and saline, comes from 60-year-old vines on a flinty clay terroir.

It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Les Choisilles, a blend of different parcels, is more rounded and full-bodied, with notes of white peach.

It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Les Bournais, the cellar's tightest wine, also boasts surprising length.

It is François Chidaine who, since 1989, has sounded the awakening of Touraine wines and given the white Chenin its letters of nobility. Biodynamic since 1999, his wines show a crystalline purity and a vibrancy that are a reference... with prices that are just as exemplary.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

Clos Habert is a ''half sweet'' wine (11.9 g/L residual sugar), with fleshy fruit (Williams pear), a smooth palate and elegant freshness.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.

This is the domain which, by its passage into biodynamic viticulture and its parcel selections, shows the most beautiful qualitative progression of the Loire Valley. Crystalline Chenins and ripe Cabernet Franc, all matured with mastery to sublimate the purity and identity of the juices, between tension, crispness, refinement and generosity. In white as in red, a dazzling and flawless range.

Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.