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Clement Baraut Vigneron Savennieres 2010 Le Pirouillet Baraut makes this wine from a 32 year old vines purchased in 2009 from Nicholas Joly. Typical Savennieres terroir limestone and sandy with a top slate. Pitrouillet has got vibrant acidity with a rich character, floral and minerally on the nose and palate, green apple, kernel, tangerine and cardamon with an hint of honey and chamomile… Lovely length and great texture. Baraut is a new producer in the Loire valley arrived there in 1989 , he was working in Bordeaux at the Chateau Haut Brion. I found this phrase by him on the web "I was a great believer that wine is made in vineyard not in the cellar; not a very "bordelaise" or oenologist idea". That perhaps the step on go somewhere like the Loire. Since the late 90', Baraut has worked as a consultant for several of the most esteemed producers in Savennieres including Patrick Baudouin, Domaine Closel and Domaine de Rouchambeau; becaming familiar with t...