Winemaker Note
The wine comes from multiple vineyards in and around the village of Verdigny, some planted on chalky calcaire, others on caillottes (dry stony chalk), and more on terres blanches (chalky clay). In the glass, the wine has a limpid, shimmering, polished silver color, with flashes of yellow-green at the edge. Aromas of grapefruit oil, almond blossoms, white currants, and lemongrass move in and out of the foreground, sometimes alternating with fleeting suggestions of white peaches, Italian parsley, walnuts, and grated ginger as the nose evolves in the glass. On the palate, the wine is sapid and generous, at the same time reined in and precise, with a delicately spicy kernel of white nectarines joining the apples and pink grapefruit, all seasoned with palpable saline minerality that persists through the long, elegant finish. Drink now for the wine’s electrifying energy and primary fruit, or tuck away in a cool cellar for five years or more.