Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2022 (1.5L) QUANTITY CHECK 55% Xarel·lo

55% Xarel·lo

It reads more Burgundian in frame than traditionally Ribera in scale

accessible introduction: bright cherry fruit

the Savoy court jeweler whose 1606 treatise on making Chiaretto di Nebbiolo inspired the wine

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2022 (1.5L) QUANTITY CHECK 55% Xarel·loFrom Romain Guiberteau, the Clos Rougeard trained star of Saumur, Le Bourg is a single 1. 07 hectare parcel just below Clos des Carmes on the hill of Brez, planted to Chenin in the early 1940s on sandy clay over soft limestone. Organic, ambient yeast fermented and aged about a year in used barrels, it is Guiberteau's old vine expression of the great Brez terroir, more open and aromatic than the Carmes, no less serious. The 2022 in magnum will reward