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This is Benjamin Serer (rhymes with hooray) in his ancient cellar in Vouvray. And if he looks serious and focused on his wines, that’s because he is just that!The full story of his path from fine dining chef working for Alain Ducasse to his own Brasserie in Tours.  Then wine school in Amboise and many internships with noted producers.  Finally to a quixotic upstart in the hallowed hills of Vouvray. More info available here.  Suffice  to say that in tasting through all of his early vintages, this is a producer to watch, who is making scintillating wines.

NOTE!  If you associate Vouvray with anything soft or sweet, look out.  Benjamin’s wines all show a fresh face of Chenin that is dry, texturally layered, and mouth-wateringly mineral.

Le Bouchet is the name of the lieu-dit where this parcel is on the première côte of Vouvray. The vines average 50 years of age, the limestone-chalky parcel is 1.35 acres, and this is vinified and aged in older 400L barrels. Unfined and unfiltered.  It was bottled in June following the harvest. Production averages 4,000 bottles.