Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos de Guichaux 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Powerful entry of fresh herbs

Powerful entry of fresh herbs and clove with a round mid-palate showing sweet characteristics of cooked spice

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and characteristic wood notes

savory backbone you'd expect from a Paolo Bea cousin

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Clos de Guichaux 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Powerful entry of fresh herbsRomain Guiberteau, the Loire Chenin star trained at the legendary Clos Rougeard, has spent two decades proving that Saumur belongs in the world Chenin conversation. Clos de Guichaux is his monopole: a 1. 6 hectare walled vineyard in the Bizay terroir, planted in 2003 on silty sand over chalky limestone. Farmed organically, fermented with ambient yeast in used barrels with malolactic blocked, it shows the youngest face of his lineup, all energy and