Philippe Gilbert, Sauvignon Blanc, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2023 lowalcohol dried orange zest and a

dried orange zest and a hint of kirsch

tender long finish

all leading to a long

10% Cinsault

Philippe Gilbert, Sauvignon Blanc, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2023 lowalcohol dried orange zest and aPhilippe Gilberts 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 lusciousness, distinct from viscosity, provides 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