Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 NO20230614 September 9 | 5:00–7:30pm

September 9 | 5:00–7:30pm

the same cellar and the same attention as the top bottlings

gamey edge

under a kilo of fruit per plant

Pitures sits mid-slope in Volnay

Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 NO20230614 September 9 | 5:00–7:30pmIf Boudignon is the star of the new Loire, La Vigne Cendree "the ashen vine" is one of his most distinctive parcels. It's a tiny half hectare plot perched high above the Chateau de Varennes, ringed by trees, sitting on a singular mosaic of purple schist, granite, and clayey silt. Thibaud bought the plot in 2014 and replanted with massale selection the following year. The farming is organic, leaning biodynamic; fermentation is with native yeast, malo