Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 EARHARDT scaled down to its purest

scaled down to its purest expression

Serve it neat

That agave foams so violently in the still that most distillers simply refuse to work with it

The production is resolutely traditional: 100% Blue Weber agave cooked 22 hours in stone ovens

Thibaud Boudignon Savennieres La Vigne Cendree 2023 EARHARDT scaled down to its purestIf 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