{"title":"Thierry Hesnault","description":"\u003cp\u003eThierry Hesnault operates from a cave cut into tuffeau rock near Chahaignes in the Sarthe, a quiet corner of the Loire that most wine drinkers have never heard of. There is no electricity, no running water. Fermentations proceed slowly at the cave's naturally cool temperature, and everything moves by gravity. These are conditions that demand patience, attention, and a deep trust in the material. Thierry has spent his entire career building toward exactly this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe grew up near Amboise in a winemaking family, traveled widely to work harvests in Bordeaux, Champagne, Vouvray, and further afield, then returned to the Loire to work closely with Jean-Pierre Robinot and Eric Nicolas, two central figures in the region's natural wine scene. He taught at the Lycee Viticole in Amboise while simultaneously spending years identifying and acquiring parcels of the oldest, most interesting vines in the area. His first vintage under his own label came in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/thierry-hesnault\"\u003eThierry Hesnault producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"thierry-hesnault-a-part-natural-wine","title":"Thierry Hesnault A Part! 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThierry Hesnault A Part! 2024 is a dry red wine blending old-vine Pineau d'Aunis from Hesnault's parcels in Chahaignes, Sarthe, with Gamay from his vineyards in Touraine. The two varieties are fermented separately as whole clusters for approximately three weeks, then assembled and aged together for 18 months in old oak barrels in Thierry Hesnault's candlelit tuffeau cave cellar — with no electricity or running water. The wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfur. Organic. Vin de France. Loire Valley, France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thierry Hesnault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45367655432408,"sku":"HESNAULT-APART","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/thierry-hesnault-a-part-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784585958"},{"product_id":"thierry-hesnault-dix-boisselees-pinot-noir-wine","title":"Thierry Hesnault Dix Boisselées Pinot Noir 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThierry Hesnault Dix Boisselées Pinot Noir 2023 is a dry red wine made from 100% Pinot Noir grown on a single parcel of just one-tenth of a hectare in Chahaignes, in the Sarthe department of northern Touraine, Loire Valley. The vines are over 100 years old, planted on tuffeau limestone soils. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented as whole clusters for approximately three to four weeks. The wine then ages for 18 months in a single old oak barrel in Thierry Hesnault's tuffeau cave cellar. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no added sulfur. Vin de France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thierry Hesnault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48245304787160,"sku":"HESNAULT-DIX","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/thierry-hesnault-dix-boisselees-pinot-noir-wine-deslop.png?v=1784585991"},{"product_id":"thierry-hesnault-la-centenaire-du-vauperroux","title":"Thierry Hesnault La Centenaire du Vauperroux 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThierry Hesnault La Centenaire du Vauperroux 2023 is a dry red wine made from 100% Pineau d'Aunis — the red-branch sub-variety (\"à rameaux rouges\") — grown on ungrafted vines planted in 1902 in the lieu-dit Vauperroux, near Chahaignes in the Sarthe, northern Touraine, Loire Valley. The 0.60-hectare parcel grows on sandy soils with silex and iron, on its own roots, in the middle of a forest. Thierry Hesnault destemmed the grapes and fermented them on the skins for five weeks, then aged the wine 15 months in old barrels in his tuffeau cave cellar. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without any added sulfites. Vin de France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thierry Hesnault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51554503950552,"sku":"HESNAULT-CENTENAIRE","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/thierry-hesnault-la-centenaire-du-vauperroux-deslop.png?v=1784590298"},{"product_id":"thierry-hesnault-les-maluseaux","title":"Thierry Hesnault Les Maluseaux 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThierry Hesnault Les Maluseaux 2023 is a dry red wine made from 100% Gamay Noir sourced from two tiny old-vine parcels near Thierry Hesnault's childhood home in the Touraine, in the Loire Valley. The vines, 70 to 90 years old and planted by massale selection on deep gravel and sand, grow close to Amboise. Two months of whole-bunch maceration in Thierry Hesnault's tuffeau cave cellar build genuine depth before pressing to old barrels for 15 months of aging. Les Maluseaux 2023 is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without any added sulfites. Vin de France. Approximately 12% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thierry Hesnault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51554505261272,"sku":"HESNAULT-MALUSEAUX","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/thierry-hesnault-les-maluseaux-deslop.png?v=1784590306"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/thierry-hesnault.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}