Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2022 (1.5L) TAGS The vines are planted in

The vines are planted in infertile Franciscan shale above the fog line

The Raventós family has been making sparkling wine in Penedès since 1872 (Josep Raventós is widely credited as the father of Spanish sparkling wine)

A wine that asks for a few years in the cellar and rewards patience

It's classic

a pair of single-vineyard prestige cuvees that honor the founder by spotlighting the kind of terroir-specific Champagne that the great houses rarely bottle on their own

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2022 (1.5L) TAGS The vines are planted inFrom Romain Guiberteau, the Clos Rougeard trained star of Saumur, Le Bourg is a single 1. 07 hectare parcel just below Clos des Carmes on the hill of Brez, planted to Chenin in the early 1940s on sandy clay over soft limestone. Organic, ambient yeast fermented and aged about a year in used barrels, it is Guiberteau's old vine expression of the great Brez terroir, more open and aromatic than the Carmes, no less serious. The 2022 in magnum will reward