The Winemaker
Vignobles Boudinaud
Thierry Boudinaud is a distinguished winemaker at Vignobles Boudinaud, a family-owned estate with a rich history dating back to 1626. Thierry, who returned to the estate in 2004, brings a wealth of international experience from renowned wine regions around the world, including Napa Valley, Bay of Plenty, Maipo Valley, Tupungato, and Stellenbosch. His approach to winemaking is a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation, producing wines that are not only a reflection of the region’s terroir but also of his expertise and passion. The wines from Vignobles Boudinaud are celebrated for their aromatic richness, finesse, and elegance.
We develop our wines with passion and conviction, they are the reflection of our terroirs and our know-how. Modern techniques serving traditional methods allow us to obtain wines that express finesse, freshness and elegance.
– Thierry Boudinaud
Wine Region
The Mediterranean climate here is characterised by hot and dry days, often swept by a strong and cool mistral wind, which ensures the grapes can reach excellent maturity whilst retaining refreshing acidity.
Growing GrENACHE
The grapes are grown on a Western-facing vineyards on a ‘cotto’ small hillside in the Pays d’Oc in South-West France. Soil is a mix of pebbly clay and sand over limestone. The vines are Cordon Royale pruned. Thierry Boudinaud manages balanced ripening in his vineyards through careful site selection and picking at night, helping to retain the freshness in the grapes. The delicate, thin-skinned Grenache is carefully transported and gently pressed at cool, controlled temperatures to ensure a light pinkish colour with maximum flavour, bursting with summer fruits.
PERFECT EXPRESSIONS
What Canned Wine Co. has created perfectly respects the wine and the intention of the grape variety, all with infinitely recyclable packaging.
– Thierry Boudinaud
Sustainability Initiatives
Transition to Organic – Drip Irrigation – Solar Energy
Vignobles Boudinaud is moving towards organic farming to contribute to the preservation of soils and surroundings and experimenting with cover crops. Thierry has planted almond and pistachio trees to increase the biodiversity of his vineyards. Controlled drip irrigation is used to minimise water consumption in the vineyards and vine waste from winter pruning is broken down and spread over the same vineyard as organic fertiliser, as are the grape skins remaining after pressing.
The grapes are harvested at night when temperatures are cooler to minimise energy usage of the cooling systems for incoming grapes and solar panels installed on the cellar roof provide 100% energy needs with the only exception during harvest.
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