Bonnigal Bodet vignerons

Our estate is located in Limeray, on the hillside of the north bank of the Loire, near Amboise. We produce Amboise PDO wines there. Since 2015 the 4th generation is embodied by Jean Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet. "We have chosen to make the most of what nature has to offer us; the terroirs are expressed through vinification by parcel with the Chenin and Malbec grape varieties. In order to convey the emotion of our terroirs to you, we harvest the grapes by hand, we sort them on the table and we let all the fermentation start naturally.During the whole year of work in the vineyard we work the soil, we control our grassing to preserve the typlhodromes and the microbial life of the soils, we carry out a maximum of manual work and we treat the vine with organic products.

Our story

Jean Baptiste and Stéphane met during their studies at the Saint-Emilion wine school. About ten years went by, the opportunity for both of them to travel abroad and gain experience with great winemakers such as François Chidaine. Without losing sight of each other, they decided to take over Jean Baptiste's family estate together. Since the 2013 vintage, they have been working alongside the previous generation, which has enabled them to create in 2014 and 2015 five parcel-based cuvées (3 for the whites and 2 for the reds).