Alexandre Guillaume, who previously studied anthropology before discovering natural wine, is a young and discreet vigneron whose cellar and vines are located at the nether regions of where both Anjou and Saumur meet. Guillaume worked for legendary father and son Mark and Martial Angeli (La Ferme de la Sansonnière), Antoine Foucault, and Didier Chaffardon before going on his own, and his first vintage in 2022 of both Chenin Blanc and Grolleau comes from parcels leased by the Angelis. From 2023 Guillaume has also taken on his own vines of these same cépages plus Cabernet Franc. Guillaume does everything manually in an impressive Troglodyte cellar, and his touch in the cave is extremely light. There is an organic hand at play here, a style that perfectly synthesizes his both classical and free form inspirations, as well as heaps of patience; all wines rest in barrel at least two years before bottling, and the results are superb—Grolleau with a depth and profondity hardly felt for the grape, and mineral saline Chenins that remind more of the South of Jura than Anjou with a salivating and sharp Savagnin-like acidic touch. A fresh discovery for us, we are very fortunate to be working with an up and coming talent like Alexandre.