Romain Guiberteau's Chenin Blanc expresses terroir with crystalline clarity
on east-facing clay-limestone soils
each annual release assembled to be its own thing rather than a carbon copy of the last
volcanic soils impart mineral depth and texture
This is the Clare Valley without the swagger tax—a serious red made for a Tuesday
Les Bottes Rouges, Cotes du Jura Savagnin "Face B", 2023 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale Romain Guiberteau's Chenin Blanc expressesLes Bottes Rouges is the Jura project of Jean Baptiste Menigoz, a one time schoolteacher turned organic biodynamic vigneron who apprenticed with Jura legend Stephane Tissot. "Face B" is his Cotes du Jura Savagnin, made in the fresh, topped up (ouille) style rather than the oxidative one, which means it shows the grape's bright, mineral, almost saline side rather than the nutty sherry like character. It's a great gateway into Savagnin for the curious,