Bellevue (Jerome Bretaudeau), VdF Blanc "Theia", 2023 so120523_bordeaux showcasing the elegance

showcasing the elegance

and a hint of savory herbs

or white Burgundy but want to explore something off the beaten path

just outside Saint-Joseph

and a hint of honey unfold elegantly

Bellevue (Jerome Bretaudeau), VdF Blanc "Theia", 2023 so120523_bordeaux showcasing the eleganceJerome Bretaudeau has become one of Muscadet's cult figures, and Theia is a fine argument for why. It's Melon de Bourgogne grown on gabbro, the dark volcanic bedrock that gives this corner of the Loire its stony backbone, from vines planted in 1988 in Getigny. Bretaudeau farms organically and biodynamically, ferments on native yeasts, and raises the wine for eight months on the lees in concrete vats and foudres, bottling it without fining or