Guiberteau Saumur Blanc 2023 (1.5L) GROWER giving the wine a softer

giving the wine a softer

closer in spirit to Marsannay than to anything from Sonoma

Julienas sits at the northern edge of the Beaujolais crus

on the Ladoix end - iron-rich red clay and limestone-marl soils that historically made this the first climat on this flank to earn Grand Cru status

The Estate Cuvee Chardonnay pulls from Pisoni and Soberanes — two of the most sought-after sites in the SLH — and gets the family's signature treatment: hand-picked

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc 2023 (1.5L) GROWER giving the wine a softerRomain Guiberteau is one of those producers who provokes the big question what matters more, winemaking or terroir? He learned from Nady Foucault at Clos Rougeard after dropping out of law school, and now stands as arguably the leading star of the New Loire movement. Farming is organic; new oak is minimal; and the approach gets more hands off every vintage which, as Romain has shown, doesn't mean less skill but more. This is his entry Saumur Blanc, a