Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2022 (1.5L) web-unpublished A single acre of Sauvignon

A single acre of Sauvignon Blanc at 850 feet in the Vaca Mountains

and the bitterness of chewed citrus peel are perceived

with everything estate-grown and estate-bottled

a Nebbiolo-based wine from a high site of sandy maritime soils layered over crystal-rich igneous subsoils — a geology unlike anywhere else in Piedmont

it opens with wild strawberry

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2022 (1.5L) web-unpublished A single acre of SauvignonFrom Romain Guiberteau, the Clos Rougeard trained star of Saumur, Le Bourg is a single 1. 07 hectare parcel just below Clos des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