Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone and aged in those same

and aged in those same vessels for nearly five years with no topping up

this 2022 balances a core of thick

and plenty of acid-driven tension as per the Bitouzet house style

and it is refreshing to encounter a grower who bucks that trend

the 1982 Fargues is cleaner and more straightforward than the wildly complex and unctuous 1983

Domaine Gavoty Clarendon Cotes de Provence Blanc 2024 Northern Rhone and aged in those sameLike its ros counterpart, the Clarendon Blanc is produced from Gavotys oldest vinesin this case, Rolle planted in 1981. While no heavier than their Grand Classique cuve, this is both more blatant in its minerality and more multilayered, with fruits verging on the exotic corseted by a palpable sense of appetizing bitterness. Vinified and raised in cement and steel, Clarendon Blanc relies on the quality of its fruit rather than any trompe loeil of