Philippe Gilbert, Sauvignon Blanc, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2023 lowsulfur He dove into the project

He dove into the project courageously: he cleared over-taken vineyards of weeds and scrub brush

which causes well-known varietals to take on an extraordinary and delicious character

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Philippe Gilbert, Sauvignon Blanc, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2023 lowsulfur He dove into the projectPhilippe Gilberts stellar Menetou Salon Blanc is unfailingly mineral driven, yet without the straitjacketed citrusy rigidity more conventionally and commercially minded Loire Sauvignon Blanc frequently displays. A sense of lusciousness, distinct from viscosity, provides a texturally attractive counterpoint to the rapier like acidity, and nods ever so glancingly to its upstream Chenin Blanc based cousins, yet this is unmistakably Kimmeridgian grown