Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2023 OLDRIOJA restrained winemaking that has made

restrained winemaking that has made Bachelet a Gevrey cult name

Now a decade old and drinking in its sweet spot

which begins to form trails as it flows back into the bowl

as he is universally known

Since Michel Lafarge's passing in 2020

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2023 OLDRIOJA restrained winemaking that has madeRomain Guiberteau, the Clos Rougeard trained star of Saumur, draws Le Bourg from a single 1. 07 hectare parcel just below Clos des Carmes on the hill of Brez. The vines were planted in the early 1940s on sandy clay over soft limestone; the wine is organic, ambient yeast fermented and aged about a year in used barrels, with malolactic blocked. It's the old vine sibling to the Carmes, a touch more open and aromatic but every bit as serious. The 2023 is