Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes 2021 Grape_Melon de Bourgogne picking only when ripeness and

picking only when ripeness and acidity align

following a wet winter that delayed budbreak and extended the ripening window well into fall

and it is this continental character

This tasty

Score references: Jeb Dunnuck 92–94+

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos des Carmes 2021 Grape_Melon de Bourgogne picking only when ripeness andThe Land The hill of Brz sits in the Saumur appellation's innermost core, where the Loire Valley's chalky tuffeau limestone reaches closest to the surface. The Clos des Carmes is a 2. 6 hectare monopole on the south facing mid slope of that hill, with silty clay topsoil over tuffeau bedrock that defines the area's most compelling whites. Curnonsky, the 20th century gastronome who spent decades mapping France's great terroirs, classified Clos des