Domaine Belargus - Savennières Gaudrets 2018 (750ml)
Price: $89.99
| Producer | Domaine Belargus |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 64212 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Belargus Description
Gaudrets comes from several southeastern-facing parcels totaling 1.85-hectares, all planted on a plateau of black schist and fine sand above the village of Savennières. These upper reaches of Savennières are noted for their floral, generous, and approachable style of wine – one in contrast with the powerfully firm and often backward expression one finds on the famed slopes that face the Loire
Wine Advocate: 92 Points
Coming from several southeast-facing plots located high up the village on a plateau of aeolian sands and deep black schists, the 2018 Savennières Les Gaudrets opens with a clear, bright and lifted, delicately fruity bouquet intermingled with notes of crushed stones, white flowers and citrus fruits. Also, the stony aromas and not the fruity ones intensify with aeration and intermingle with the delicate, rather bright fruit aromas (mirabelles). The enveloping palate is silky, refined and very elegant, less powerful and tannic than the Anjou Noir but carried by a beautiful acidity and refined and balanced, with an intense, iodine and spectacularly long and also tannic-structured finish. This is a delicate and very elegant Savennières that already drinks very well, but it can be aged for up to two decades, maybe longer.
