Philippe Gilbert, Sauvignon Blanc, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2023 consignment Shows superb energy and floral

Shows superb energy and floral lift on an impressively long

and texture

refreshing palate

with racy acidity wed to gleaming fruits that are just the right amount of vinous

Philippe Gilbert, Sauvignon Blanc, Menetou-Salon, Loire Valley, France 2023 consignment Shows superb energy and floralPhilippe Gilberts stellar Menetou Salon Blanc is unfailingly mineral driven, yet without the straitjacketed citrusy rigidity more conventionally and commercially minded Loire Sauvignon Blanc frequently displays. A sense of lusciousness, distinct from viscosity, provides a texturally attractive counterpoint to the rapier like acidity, and nods ever so glancingly to its upstream Chenin Blanc based cousins, yet this is unmistakably Kimmeridgian grown