Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP light on its feet

light on its feet

at the northern end of the Cote de Beaune where Pinot Noir turns firm and earthy

part of it under a veil of flor

From Dominique Lafon's biodynamic Mâconnais domaine

including bourbon barrels

Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Le Bourg 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP light on its feetRomain 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