Hey Everyone,
I know a lot of you including myself are big fans of Faure, Berthaut-Gerbet and Lachaux! So I wanted to put Benjamin Benoit of Cellier Saint Benoit on everyones Radar.
We are lucky to be almost the sole importer in the US. Wasserman has some up in Oregon as does Advintage in SC. The production is tiny, most of the wines are 2000, 1000, 900, 300 bottle production!
It’s funny, with producers like Overnoy and Ganevat and really just Jura overall, I prefer the whites over reds. So when I first heard of Benjamin making single vineyard Ploussard, Trousseau, Pinot and just two whites, I was curious but scared of the mouse-y-ness of the Jura rouge. To my surprise the wines were different then anything I’ve seen! Clean Clean Clean.
Benjamin is just 25. And 19 is the first vintage of the wines and I have to say its an amazing effort for a first vintage. As you go through the range, I see a lot of inspiration from whom he has trained under. The Pinot reminds of Charles Lachaux, the Ploussard makes me think of Nicolas Faure and the Trousseau of Amelie Berthaut. Really fascinating.
Like most wines that Wasserman handles, and especially those with tiny production - Pedres,Faure,Lachaux now Les Horees. The Benoit wines will quickly add onto that list!
I attached a producer profile below. They are landing next month!! We are super excited.
https://thatcherswineconsulting.com/pages/benjamin-benoit-cellier-saint-benoit