Château de Bonnezeaux is a historic 19th-century estate in the heart of Anjou's Bonnezeaux appellation, set on the schist-and-quartz slopes above the Layon river in the Loire Valley.

Long associated with the region's celebrated sweet wines, the property fell into disrepair in the 1980s and its vineyards lay dormant for more than three decades. In 2012, the Saclier de la Bâtie family undertook its revival, appointing Guyonne Saclier de la Bâtie — who trained under Loire luminaries Mark Angeli and Stéphane Bernaudeau — to restore the estate's roughly nine hectares of vines under biodynamic and low-intervention principles.

Since 2019, winemaking has been led by the duo Pierre Boisseaux and Léa Meslet, who have continued to expand the vineyard and refine a distinctive house style built on hand harvesting, traditional vertical champagne presses, and extended aging in old wooden barrels.

While the appellation is historically famous for botrytized sweet Chenin Blanc, Château de Bonnezeaux has carved out a reputation instead for structured, mineral-driven dry Chenin Blancs from single-vineyard parcels such as La Montagne and Les Coqueries. Bottled with minimal sulphur and often without fining or filtration, the wines have quickly earned a cult following among sommeliers and natural wine enthusiasts, marking one of the more compelling revival stories in the Loire Valley today.

The estate's cuvées are largely site-specific, each reflecting a distinct parcel and soil profile. Les Plantes is one of the estate's best wines, from a small 0.6-hectare parcel neighbouring the Vieilles Vignes du Fief Prévost and Prieur des Noues plots. The vines were planted in 2017–2018, it's a beautiful expression of this style of Anjou Chenin — fine and expressive, with citrus blossom, green apple, and a chalky mineral edge. Prieur des Noues is the newest vineyard, that is all schist, there is very little of it for the time being, it shows fresh and mineral-forward, with lifted citrus and green apple up front, backed by a chalky, wet-stone character typical of the site's schist soils. La Montagne, a blend from 40- and 70-year-old vines, shows the depth and textural richness that old vines bring to Chenin Blanc. Les Coqueries a famous terroir, comes from a schist-and-quartz site picked very late in the season, lending it a pronounced minerality and taut, saline character. Minée-Basse, a newer plot surrounded by woodland at the base of a gravel slope, offers a different register — fresher and more delicate. With Inter-Val, things step up, expect a wine built on freshness, precision, and length. The palate shows electric drive and tension and shows the estate's more dramatic side. The Vieilles Vignes du Fief Prévost is the oldest-vine bottling in the range, this cuvée is generally regarded as the most serious and age-worthy of the estate's dry Chenins — old vines and pure schist giving it real depth, textural weight.