Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc 2023

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Philippe Gilbert Menetou-Salon Blanc 2023Philippes 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 lusciousnessone that is distinct from viscosityprovides 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

on average

” Fermentation is left to start naturally in stainless steel tanks

gravelly limestone

bordering Mercurey’s northeast corner and abutting the well-known premier cru Clos des Myglands (a monopole of Domaine Faiveley)

silky texture

a storm of ripe green apples

20% Savagnin and 20% Poulsard

a structure deriving more from intense calcareousness than overt tannins

juicy red fruit to take center stage over the rusticity typical of this appellation

lively wine with a big personality

and complex

harmonious wine year in