Domaine Belargus’s Anjou Treilles is one of the estate’s single-parcel Anjou Blanc expressions, produced from a specific lieu-dit on the schist-dominant soils of the Anjou Noir zone near Angers and vinified with the same minimal-intervention, unoaked philosophy that governs every wine in the Belargus portfolio. Treilles, like the Ronceray offered in Batch 12, is part of Ivan Massonnat’s systematic mapping of the estate’s individual vineyard parcels, each given its own distinctive name and identity rather than being assembled into a single village or estate blend. This approach, directly analogous to the Burgundian cru system, places Belargus among the most philosophically ambitious producers in Anjou and provides collectors with a granular understanding of how the estate’s different parcels on the Anjou Noir schist express themselves under identical winemaking conditions.

The 2020 Anjou Blanc vintage was warm and concentrated, producing Chenin Blanc of excellent aromatic richness and early accessibility alongside the natural acidity that the schist soils and the Chenin variety reliably provide even in warm years when properly farmed. For the Treilles parcel specifically, the 2020’s warmth will have produced a wine of greater aromatic generosity and rounder texture than the more austere, higher-acid expressions of cooler vintages, making this an approachable early-drinking expression of the parcel’s character alongside the deeper, more mineral character it will develop in the cellar over the next five to ten years.

The two Belargus single-parcel Anjou wines in this catalogue, the 2022 Ronceray of Batch 12 and the 2020 Treilles here, offer a useful comparative study of the estate’s approach across two different parcels and two different vintages. For collectors who follow Belargus with close attention and wish to understand the full range of the estate’s Anjou Noir terroir expression, the Treilles is an important and distinctive member of the portfolio whose warmer-vintage character in 2020 provides an interesting counterpoint to the more structured 2022 Ronceray.

Pale gold with a warm and aromatic nose of ripe white peach, apricot, lemon cream, dried herb and a mineral freshness from the Anjou Noir schist. Medium to full-bodied with good natural acidity, generous concentration from the warm vintage and a long, clean, mineral finish. Drink now through 2030.