Guiberteau BrézéProducer: Domaine Guiberteau 2020
White
Saumur, France
7.4
WineSaint
Dense smoke and baking spice overwhelm the delicate fruit core at this stage. Beneath the heavy wood treatment, there's promising mineral tension and piercing acidity that speaks to Brézé's limestone soils. The wine has serious structure and concentration, but needs several years for the oak to integrate and allow the terroir to shine through.
smokebaking spicemineralcitrus
Label
Guiberteau
→Romain Guiberteau farms a clutch of old-vine Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc parcels around Brézé and Saumur, producing some of the appellation's most sought-after whites from tuffeau and limestone soils.