Les Bois de Saint-Andelain – Domaine Michel Redde

Les Bois de Saint-Andelain Pouilly-Fumé 2023 is a single-plot, 100% Sauvignon planted on a former woodland, at the highest point and in the centre of the appellation: a pure, racy, spicy gunflint minerality.

Domaine Michel Redde

Based in Saint-Andelain, in the heart of the Pouilly-Fumé appellation, the Redde family already counted a winegrower, François Redde, in Pouilly-sur-Loire in 1630. The 40-hectare estate is farmed organically (Ecocert certification in July 2023) and biodynamically, with hand harvesting in small crates; since 2020 the wines have been made with indigenous yeasts selected from the vineyard.

The wine: Les Bois de Saint-Andelain Pouilly-Fumé, AOC Pouilly-Fumé

This wooded 20-hectare plot was for sale in the early 1970s. Michel Redde, seeing the potential of this unique terroir, bought half of it, which then had to be cleared. His son Thierry planted vines there in 1982; the first harvest, in 1985, earned the Pouilly-Fumé approval. Today this terroir is recognised as one of the greatest in the appellation.

Terroir and winemaking

100% Sauvignon on red Albian flint clay from the Cretaceous period, in Saint-Andelain. The vines are 30 years old and the grapes are picked by hand, in small crates. The wine is vinified and aged in large casks and demi-muids for 10 to 12 months on fine lees.

Tasting, food pairing and ageing

Decant it to bring out a pure, racy, spicy gunflint minerality. It goes well with white meats, fish and shellfish. It keeps for 10 to 15 years. The 2023 vintage is 13% ABV, in a 75 cl bottle.

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