Bonnigal-Bodet

We present to you a recent addition to our portfolio, Bonnigal Bodet, one of the revelations of recent years in Touraine: the estate has entered the RVF’s guide to the best wines of France in 2024! Jean-Baptiste Bonnigal (none other than the son-in-law of François Chidaine) and Stéphane Bodet, a young and talented tandem who took over the property in 2015, offer us a variety of unrivaled quality wines an in this region of the Loire. Their friendship began while they were both students at the Montagne-Saint-Emilion wine high school in the Bordeaux region. Stéphane decided to leave Bordeaux to settle in Touraine in order to be able to join Jean-Baptsite, who represents the 5th generation of winegrowers in his family based in Loire at Domaine de Prévôté.

Together, they reduced the surface area from 80 to 40 hectares (in organic conversion) in order to refocus their production on their best plots in Amboise. A corner of Touraine where Côt (Malbec) and Chenin are highlighted. From the outset, they refused to produce standardized wines. Most of the work is carried out in the vineyard with rigorous soil work and the use of biodynamic preparations. In the cellar, everything is vinified in plots without chemical inputs in order to preserve the purity of the wines. Located in Limeray, close to the historic town of Amboise, the Bonnigal Bodet estate is part of the generation of producers who redefine the Touraine-Amboise appellation !