Domaine Guiberteau, Chenin Blanc, Saumur Blanc, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France 2023 natural hints of roasted apples

hints of roasted apples

and distilled following the traditions laid down over the last 200 years by a succession of passionate and skilled master distillers

with 50% whole clusters

wet garden bed

nearly all of whom are named “George” (in fact

Domaine Guiberteau, Chenin Blanc, Saumur Blanc, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France 2023 natural hints of roasted applesThe Guiberteau Saumur Blanc is Chenin Blanc planted from the 1940s to 2012. The soil is clay and limestone, from lower on hill in Brz (older vines) and Clos des Carmes and Clos Guichaux (younger vines). Viticulture is organic and grapes are harvested by hand and carefully sorted in the vineyard. Whole cluster pressing, indigenous yeast fermentation, no chaptalization. Aged on fine lees in stainless steel tank until the spring, light filtration. On the