Antoine Sanzay Saumur Les Salles Martin Blanc 2022 SF Chronicle and alive with the character

and alive with the character of northeastern Italy's signature white

anchored by a 35-year-old bush vine block on the slopes of Bottelary

and a delicate finish

specializing in expressive Grand Cru Champagnes from the Montagne de Reims and Côte des Blancs

A timeless style of sake that old-world wine drinkers easily gravitate to

Antoine Sanzay Saumur Les Salles Martin Blanc 2022 SF Chronicle and alive with the characterAntoine Sanzay took back his grandparents' vines from the local cooperative in Saint Cyr en Bourg in the late 1990s and has been quietly building one of Saumur's most reliable addresses ever since. Les Salles Martin is his Saumur Blanc, 100% Chenin from a small parcel of forty year old vines on clay over the chalky tuffeau limestone that defines this corner of the Loire. Fermented with native yeasts and aged in demi muids, partly new, for around