Family Loire domaine with Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre holdings, including 100% Sauvignon Blanc Arrêt-Buffatte.
The producer
Domaine Tinel-Blondelet is a family Loire domaine with holdings in Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre. Annick Tinel-Blondelet took over from her parents in 1983, within a lineage traced to Guillaume Blondelet in the late sixteenth century. Arrêt-Buffatte Pouilly-Fumé is 100% Sauvignon Blanc from vines that are 45 years old on Kimmeridgian marls, vinified in stainless steel tanks with temperature regulation. Annick combines modern equipment with traditional vinification methods.
Known for
Pouilly Sauvignon Blanc and Loire sites
Notable facts
Annick Tinel-Blondelet took over the domaine from her parents in 1983.
The family winemaking lineage reaches to Guillaume Blondelet, a vigneron in Chaulgnes at the end of the sixteenth century.
The domaine holds 9.5 hectares in Pouilly-Fumé, 0.5 hectares in Pouilly-sur-Loire and 4 hectares in Sancerre.
Arrêt-Buffatte is 100% Sauvignon Blanc from vines that are 45 years old on Kimmeridgian marls.
Annick Tinel-Blondelet combines modern techniques with traditional vinification methods.
The story
Annick Takes Over
In 1983, Annick Tinel-Blondelet took over the domaine from her parents, Camille and Fernand. She continued a family line that reaches back to Guillaume Blondelet, a vigneron in Chaulgnes at the end of the sixteenth century. Annick combines modern techniques, including a pneumatic press and temperature regulation, with traditional vinification methods. The combination gives the wines richness and aromatic complexity. The maternal line reaches Louis Figeat in the 1650s.
From the atlas
Domaine Tinel-Blondelet
A Loire domaine with holdings in Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre, led by Annick Tinel-Blondelet since 1983.
At A Glance
Field
Detail
Region
Loire
Appellations
Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Sancerre
Named grape
Sauvignon Blanc
Named wine
Arrêt-Buffatte Pouilly-Fumé
Defining feature
Family holdings across limestone, Kimmeridgian marl and siliceous soils
The Producer
Annick Tinel-Blondelet took over the domaine from her parents in 1983. The family lineage reaches to Guillaume Blondelet, a vigneron in Chaulgnes at the end of the sixteenth century, and on the maternal line to Louis Figeat in the 1650s.
Annick combines modern techniques, including a pneumatic press and temperature regulation, with traditional vinification methods. The combination gives the wines richness and aromatic complexity.
Place
The domaine holds 9.5 hectares in Pouilly-Fumé on limestone soils and Kimmeridgian marls containing oyster shell fossils. It also holds 0.5 hectares in Pouilly-sur-Loire and 4 hectares in Sancerre, in the Les Blancs Gateaux parcel on limestone and siliceous soils.
A wine appellation names a place of origin on the label. Here, Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre distinguish three Loire addresses within the domaine's holdings.
Wines
The range is organised across Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre, with Arrêt-Buffatte as the named Pouilly-Fumé bottle. Arrêt-Buffatte is 100% Sauvignon Blanc from vines that are 45 years old, grown on Kimmeridgian marls in a geological amphitheatre at the slope's summit overlooking the Loire River. The parcel has one of the best exposures at Pouilly.
Traditional vinification takes place in stainless steel tanks with temperature regulation. Arrêt-Buffatte has great aging potential.
Final Word
Domaine Tinel-Blondelet is a family Loire domaine with holdings in Pouilly-Fumé, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre. Its lineage reaches to Guillaume Blondelet in Chaulgnes at the end of the sixteenth century.