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du Bouchot
MCMLV - if you decipher these letters on the label, you are holding a key in your hand: 1955, the year in which the oldest vines at Domaine du Bouchot were planted. More than 60 years later, they still stand in the soil of Saint-Andelain and produce the most concentrated wine of the house.
Antoine Gouffier took over this extraordinary legacy in 2018. The Revue des Vins de France No wonder: his wines combine international experience - from Argentina to South Africa - with the radical purism of the first organic-certified domaine in Pouilly-Fumé.
More about du Bouchot
From Argentina to Pouilly
Before Antoine Gouffier took over the Domaine du Bouchot, he travelled the wine world for twelve years. In New York, he familiarised himself with the American distribution system, and in Argentina he spent a year working with Michel Rolland at Clos de los Siete. He was then drawn to South Africa to Duncan Savage - and it was there that he met his wife Ilse Nel, a trained chef who now runs the Domaine with him.
This international school characterises his style: Antoine seeks out riper fruit than many of his neighbours without sacrificing freshness. He ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, uses neither enzymes nor fining agents and only adds minimal amounts of sulphur shortly before bottling. Since 2020, all wines have carried the Demeter certification.
Starfish and oysters in the ground
The 10 hectares of the Domaine are spread over around 15 plots with two contrasting terroirs. On the Caillottes Calcaire à Astéries - limestone studded with fossilised starfish - and the porous Calcaire de Tonnerre dominate. This is where the fuller, more structured Sauvignon Blancs like the Caillottes.
The Terres Blanches The vines are made up of weathered Saint-Doulchard marl with exogyra-virgula oyster fossils and fine layers of ferruginous glauconite. The result: fruitier, more floral wines. The Terres Blanches shows this character in its clearest form.
The number 1955
The MCMLV is the centrepiece of the Domaine. The Roman numeral stands for 1955 - the year the oldest parcels Les Coûtes and Les Sapins were planted. Only 0.46 hectares are planted with vines that have reached more than six decades of root depth in the Terres Blanches. The result is a wine of impressive density and ageability.
Pioneer and experimenter
Rachel and Pascal Kerbiquet, Antoine's predecessors, were organic activists from the very beginning. In 2009, du Bouchot was appointed first winery in Pouilly certified organic - in a region that still works more conservatively than neighbouring Sancerre. Antoine continues this pioneering spirit: he has renovated the cellar, experimented with amphorae and produces the only maceration wine in the appellation with his Vin Orange.
The rare Chasselas from the AOC Pouilly-sur-Loire is also part of the programme - a relic from the time when this grape variety dominated the region. Today, there are only a few hectares left. At Huet In Vouvray, another biodynamic Loire pioneer, you will find the same passion for forgotten traditions.